Hi, as part of our trip next week, we plan on visiting Ubud, Lovina and Candi Dasa. We don't have hotels booked for those areas yet, and are wondering whether we should book them ahead of time online, or should we wait until we get there? Are the prices much cheaper if we walk in and the hotel is empty (end of Nov is the off-season, correct?) Here are the pros and cons I came up with for online booking:
Pros of online booking:
* No time wasted going from hotel to hotel, looking for that perfect room
* Reserve a room before hotel sells out (though I don't think this is an issue in November)
Cons of online booking:
* Might overpay for the room?
* Booking agency keeps some of fees, hotel doesn't get it all (I'd prefer to help the hotel, not some off-shore agency)
* Even though there are pictures online, you're not sure exactly what you'll get
What would you do???