In Reply to: anyone? posted by Shanus on Friday, 6. August 2010 at 07:28 Bali Time:
Hi Shane,
I was just checking some links for my Villa D'Va in Bali and came across your question about the property on Bali Travel Forum.
As I am the owner of the property I felt responsible for answering your question as best i can.
Yes the villa is new and was completed in July, it is part of a 2 villa complex consisting of 1 x 4 bed villa and 1 x 1 bed villa as seen on Flipkey and Trip Advisor.
As a new property it is hard to gauge what works and doe not work, regarding payment terms etc. After consulting with a few friends who have villas and hotels it was decided that the 50% deposit was where we would go. the reason behind this decision is quite simple, you as a client requests the villa and we book it out for the required period, say 10 days then we are talking about a large gross amount ($3000.00 - $4000.00) and if for some reason you dont turn up I lose $1500.00 to $2000.00 which will hurt my income as the chances of renting it out for that period is very slim.
Now Imagine if I charged only a 10% deposit i would lose $2700.00 - $3600.00 income for that period, this is unviable for any business.
Hope you understand and I trust you find a suitable property for your holiday.
If you have any further questions feel free to contact me on my Australian number as I am in Perth until the 15th of this month. This is also why i did not reply personally to you from the original request as I have been traveling in Thailand, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur for the last couple of weeks.
Regards
Paul Manester