In Reply to: Newbie . . . where to stay posted by Danger Mouse on Friday, 19. February 2010 at 18:45 Bali Time:
try not to change hotels too many times. Otherwise you will spend most of your trip checking out of hotels and waiting to check into the next one.
Only move hotels when you are moving onto a place that is not accessible by a day trip.
E.g. Stay in Kuta or Seminyak, then Ubud, then Gili.
Ubud is accessible by a day trip, so if you wanted to you could do that. But after a couple of nights in Kuta you might be screaming to get out of there. It is not my cup of tea.