In Reply to: Villas: can you bargain?Any rec's Ubud? posted by Pinktanktwo on Tuesday, 8. June 2010 at 13:34 Bali Time:
especially since you are travelling with a group that includes children that it is a proper registered villa & that someone from BTF has previously stayed there before or there are reports on Trip Advisor.If you have any local friends in Bali maybe ask them to check it out in person if they can.
Maybe see what the owners/hosts of BTF have on offer for the villas that they look after - in the area that you are looking at & for the price you wish to pay.
All I will say is once bitten twice shy.Unfortunately we were stung badly - photos on a web page can be very deceiving & you can be promised the world in emails & receive zilch ! I expect any degree of negotiating depends on how busy the villa in question usually is at the time you wish to go.You won't know until you ask. I hope you find somewhere that you are happy with.