In Reply to: Crap, what a stupid post! posted by bloodyron on Sunday, 15. February 2009 at 21:27 Bali Time:
is that the hotels did put their rates up too much and people were not going back to Bali as it no longer was a reasonable priced destination.
People were able to travel to other parts of asia for less money than they can to Bali. People have broaden there scope of travel.
Quite frankly I too agree that the prices have gone up too much and we won't go back to Bali in a hurry as we too can visit other countries for less money.
I still enjoy Bali but after the last holiday Dec-Jan 08 we found the prices of food and hotels was way too much. I felt we were taking advantage of in the pricing sector and it has put people of going back.
Prehaps the person above could of put it a bit better however I feel he too is p*ssed off or feels he/she was also taken advantage of in Bali regarding the new pricing structure.
I'm sure people will still go to Bali as we will one day but not for a while. till they get their heads together and reaslise what they did charging hotels out in USD. It was greed.
Nusa Dua was the only place that used to charge USD not Kuta,Tuban,Legain,Seminyak or Sunar so people who wanted to travel to Bali went to the places that they could afford and avoided the USD dollar location.
We had the best holiday in Dec-Jan 08 that we have ever had in Bali and I wish to remember that for while before returning.