In Reply to: booking a hotel in Bali posted by Yaz on Tuesday, 12. June 2007 at 17:33 Bali Time:
17 nights for 2 adults and 2 children and booked all our hotels direct, except one and for that I used Sawadee as they gave a better price.
Our Ubud and Nusa Lembongan accommodation don't use travel agents so I had no choice but to book direct.
But I was surprised with our Sanur accommodation (Besakih Beach Resort) to find it would have been cheaper to go through a travel agent as we are staying there 7 nights, and travel brochures have stay 7 pay 6, free airport transfers, ect. and no matter how much I asked Johny he could not match the deal, although in the end with a better nightly rate it works out almost the same. But the big plus for me booking direct with Johny at Besakih,(and the others) is that he has promised me connecting rooms, a must have with 2 young kids and something the agents couldn't do.
So check travel brochures as well, there are lots of stay so many nights and get some free which can bring the price down a lot.
Good luck Deb.