Ubud Holiday Villas Destination

Bali is one of popular destination in the world. Few years awarded by The International Travel Magazine as the world best island. Bali is well known for its culture, its people, its beaches and some others things. Bali is a small island around 140km by 80km and lies just between java on the west and lombok island on the east.

Bali has 9 regencies with most highly populated area is Denpasar and Badung regency. Ubud is one of famous city over Gianyar regency. Ubud is arguably the best place to use as a base if you’re visiting Bali. here are plenty of interesting things on the main streets, but most of the magic of Ubud is hidden away. Ubud has the culture, comfort, nature and inspiration for lots of people to build their home or private villas here.

Ubud is surrounded by most of the things that bring people to Bali like scenic rice fields, small villages, fine art and craft communities, ancient temples, palaces, and rivers not to mention various sources of accommodation from cheap hotels to unique Bali villas.

A villa in Ubud offers the ultimate experience in luxury tropical living where exposed to the elements one embraces a sense of total relaxation and unrestricted freedom. Luxury villas can be found in different locations around the area of Ubud. For booking of this villa rental i recommned to use www.balebali.com which is operated by Bali Villas Network, a member of Bali Villa Rental Association. At first i am quite worry but after did some researched and finding that booking a villa in Bali with confidence must be through member’s of this association. Bali Villas Network help me in everyway they can on accommodate me in one of the villas in Ubud.

Owning a Villa in Bali is your Key to Paradise

The quintessential Bali villas were originally created by the colonial Dutch to take advantage of Bali’s tropical conditions, and were designed to exploit the wind, the sunshine and climate by creating high-ceilinged, open-plan living spaces using local materials to create comfort in what was essentially an alien environment to them. Since that time the Bali villa has evolved with the times incorporating western trends design philosophies, resulting in Bali having become a haven for world-class architecture, comfort and luxury.

There are many diverse locations in Bali so when thinking of where to build or buy a villa you must ask yourself the question: What do I want around me? If you want to live in the thick of all the best restaurants, beaches and endless nightlife then Seminyak is the place. For peace and serenity, Canggu offers a much quieter experience of stunning rice field views, while Ubud to the north is an equally peaceful haven for the arts. Jimbaran and Sanur are well developed and family-friendly locales while the Bukit to the south offers stunning and dramatic cliff top views of the Indian Ocean, and is hotting up to be the place of choice for the most discerning of Bali’s villa owners.

There are many things to look out for however in the search for the perfect villa. The government is cracking down and enforcing a great many rules and regulations designed to control the Bali villa industry so, as with investing in any new home, one must make sure that everything is “squeaky clean” with regards to title, covenants, surveying and above all due diligence. It is therefore vitally important to have expert advice to see you through the entire process. Exotiq have all the right people to guarantee that the process goes smoothly with an absolute minimum of fuss, from choosing your piece of land, right through the building process to finally putting the key in your front door and walking inside your new home.

The benefits of having a villa in Bali are endless: the weather, the culture, the beaches, premier golfing facilities, world-class resorts, an endless array of gourmet eateries, and above all, the opportunity for a watertight investment. The market for Bali villas is reaching fever pitch, prices are at an all time high and returns on investment are better than ever. Whether for investment or retirement there has never been a better time to buy into your own piece of paradise. This is one purchase that will change your life.

How to Book Your Villa in Bali

Bali has been the favorite destination for tourists all over the world. Full of magnificent beaches, breathtaking sceneries and interesting culture. Bali is ideal for people wanting to escape from daily activities, enjoy a honeymoon, or even, have a great time with family and friends.

Bali is the one for your family holiday, honeymoon or just enjoy your vacation with Bali sun sea and sand. You will find the best Bali hotels, Bali villas, cottages, apartment, until town house with attractive rates on Bali. But staying in one of typical Balinese villas and house for your holiday offers both the comfort and privacy unavailable in hotel or resort rooms. Short term vacation rentals allow you to experience Bali living.

Because of continuously increasing number of choices on the Internet, selecting and subsequently contracting the right villa for your holiday is getting more difficult every day. Remember, this is YOUR vacation, and you cannot be too careful. The joy of saving a few dollars is nothing compared to memories of a spoiled vacation.

Bali villa can be a hit-or-miss affair. Different from hotel or resort, where facilities and services are match with international standards, objective information about privately owned Bali villa is not often readily available. A rental agent can prove invaluable, using on-the-ground observation and knowledge of local conditions to assess individual villas. And given the vast range of locations, facilities, and services offered by the hundreds of private villas in Bali, an experienced rental agent can minimize potential disappointment by matching you requirements with exactly the right villa.

How to choose the right rental agent to avoid disappointment? Beside looking at their about us page which will reveal their company details such as license number, their tax number and also company address and other contact detail, what you must and main thing to find is a logo of BVRA which stand for Bali Villa Rental Association.

BVRA offers confidence by providing acknowledgement, not only about existence, but also reliability of a particular villa rental agency in Bali. By renting a villa through a BVRA member, customers are ensured peace of mind in reference to the existence and reliability of the agent they are dealing through, as well as the existence and quality of the villa they are about to rent. The confidence is yours.

Bali Villa Rental Tips & Tricks

If like me, you have been bitten by the ‘Holiday Villa Bug’, you will already know that no hotel can match the privacy and luxury of a good Villa Holiday. The great news is that today there are even more villa rental options out there than ever before. Not to mention the fact that if you know how to choose the right holiday rental villa you will be saving a lot of money in comparison to the same level of service in a comparable quality hotel.

It seems that no where in the world has seen as big an explosion of luxury fully serviced holiday villas, as the island of Bali in Indonesia.

OK, I happen to be blessed with a great line of work, as a Travel Writer, and have been lucky enough to stay in some of the best tropical resorts around the world, especially in Asia. But still for me, nothing compares to the peace, luxury and delights (not to mention the cost effectiveness) of staying in a good serviced villa in Bali.

So, what makes a ‘good holiday villa’?

Like everyone else, I have learned how to choose the perfect villa through luck, some mistakes and sheer experience.

Here are my top tips for choosing the right villa in Bali for your next Bali holiday.

Location-Location-Location

This sounds obvious, but it is not always easy to make the right location decision when we are sat at home, far away from our holiday destination.

Like every other world-class holiday destination, Bali offers a range of options, from ‘central’ locations, to those which offer ‘absolute tranquility’.

I personally like a balance between the two. On a Bali villa holiday, the last thing one needs is to be sooo central that you feel like you are an extension of a night club’s base unit till wee hours of the morning. On the other hand, I really don’t want to be more than 15-20 minutes away from where the restaurants, shops and the action is. I like my villa to be certainly quiet, preferably amongst rice fields, but at the same time accessible (within 30 minutes of the airport, and a few minutes from the action).

The great thing is that Bali caters for all of these tastes.

Those seeking a central location, with a lively night life may want to look into Legian and Seminyak, (I exclude Kuta area from this list, as there are hardly any proper rental villas left in this bustling tourist centre).

Those who don’t mind a bit of a trek, and don’t want to go out and about much during their holiday, may opt for areas such as Uluwatu or Canggu and beyond.

For me the perfect choice is Kerobokan and Umalas areas. Quiet rural environment, surrounded by rice terraces and real villagers going about their real daily routines (instead of trying to push you a handicraft (Kuta) or pull you into a restaurant you really couldn’t care for (Seminyak)).

Quality and Availability of Service

Now this is an area where villas differ from each other immensely. In Bali most villas proclaim to be ‘fully serviced’. However, how ‘fully’ and how ‘serviced’ range from the most basic to being totally pampered.

A good villa should provide a guest to total staff ratio of nearly 1 to 1, or at least 1.5 to 1. So, if you are a group of 8 you should be looking at, at least, 5-6 full time staff, or for a group of 4 at least 3-4 full time staff. Sounds ostentatiously high? It really isn’t once you consider the effort it takes to keep a holiday villa, its gardens, and the pool in a tip-top shape.

Of course, quantity is never the only answer. The staff needs to be full-time and fully-trained at a professional level. There are too many villas out there, which are run by ‘part-time’ managers and staff who actually have other full time jobs elsewhere!

Your Own Chef

One of the great pleasures of traveling to a foreign destination is to experiment with and experience the local cuisine. And what better place to experience this, than in the comfort of your own villa!

So, make sure that your villa comes with its own Chef. Once you have tasted the delights of enjoying home cooking in your own villa, you will probably not want to venture out to restaurants at all. The best thing is, having your own private villa Chef in Bali, is substantially cheaper than eating out.

However, make sure to check how the Chef arrangement works.

Ideally, the Chef cost should be included in your rental rate. In this case all you have to pay for are the cost of the ingredients which are purchased for you, typically at the local market/supermarket prices, with no mark-up. So, financials of eating at your own villa becomes just like eating at home, but without lifting a finger, and at substantially lower Bali prices.

Some villas claim to offer a Chef service, but charge restaurant/hotel prices for each dish that the chef prepares for you. I prefer to avoid these, as I can always pop out to a restaurant if I so wished anyway.

So, check to make sure that the Chef is part of your villa team, and that you will not be charged incrementally for food on a per item basis.

Your Villa Manager

A professional Villa Manager makes a huge difference to your enjoyment of your holiday. Even if you have been to Bali many times before, a good Villa Manager can be a much valued life-line, a great source of shopping tips, and a problem solver. A good villa manager can provide a wealth of directions/advice, from where to eat, to which river to choose for your white-water rafting adventure in which season, or where the cheapest golf courses are, to which temples to visit to see which local ceremonies.

Needless to say, they should also be managing the villa team, and making sure that the quality of service and cleanliness are never compromised.

Before I book a villa in Bali, I always check to see what the Villa Manager arrangement is like, and that there is a full time Villa Manager on site at the villa I am planning to rent. Typically, for good villas, you can expect to have your own dedicated Villa Manager, or have a Villa Manager who is working at 2-3 adjacent villas. However, if a Villa Manager is expected to look after 5-6+ villas, then you are most likely not going to see him for more than a few minutes a day, only during his courtesy visits (at best), so you loose out on the real benefits of having the inside-track.

Villa Quality & Upkeep

Be very, very weary of any rental villas which can not provide you with more than at least 20 recent photos of the property. These photos should show you not only the outside of the buildings, but also the living/dining areas, as well as insides of bedrooms.

If you are not provided with a sufficient number of photos giving you a clear idea of the property, then it is quite likely that there is something substantially wrong with the property, such as a building overlooking it, an abattoir next door, or at the least peeling paintwork or missing fixtures/furniture.

Remember, not all villas are created equal. But additionally, not all villas are kept and maintained equally well. It is your right to request and see these photos of the property.

Mod-Cons

OK, you are planning to stay on a tiny island, in the middle of the tropics. What mod-cons should you expect?

From own experience, I would suggest that even in the middle of the tropics, good Bali villas should be able to provide at least the following mod-cons:

Air-conditioning in all bedrooms

Clean, Western style kitchen -fully equipped with a fridge, microwave, electric kettle, and a coffee maker, as well as sufficient crockery and cutlery

Safe deposit box – at least one for your private villa use, and preferably one in each bedroom

TV/Satellite/DVD Player – as there will always be someone who wants to catch the news, or children who will need entertaining

Telephone – whilst many of us live attached to our mobile/cellular phones, it is important that there is a permanent phone connection at the villa, in case of emergencies

En-suite bathrooms – if you are looking at going as a family or a group of friends, you really don’t want to spend your holiday in Bali queuing for the next available slot at shared facilities!

Enjoying a fully staffed and serviced villa with your own Chef may seem like an un-attainable dream in most other parts of the world. However, renting a Villa in Bali is by far one of the most cost effective ways of enjoying this beautiful island and the company of its hospitable people.

Now armed with this check-list you are ready to plan you next dream holiday in a Villa in Bali.

Like me, you will probably never want to leave, and go back to reality!

Many happy returns…

Finding Your Cheap Villa in Bali

The island of Bali is famous for it’s extraordinary beauty and unique culture. Bali has been voted the # 1 top island for six consecutive years by prestigious New York based TRAVEL + LEISURE magazine. Visitors to Bali are always impressed by its cultural and natural beauty. Explore its unique places of interest and attractions bali has to offer you. For Australian with just a 5 hour flight from Australia’s East Coast. Surely Bali is a paradise packed with things to do.

Bali has some attractions, sightseeing tours, activities, accommodation and even car hire. Bali has lots of variety of accommodation ranging from luxury resort to cheap Bali villas. So be prepared to find some things out for yourself – as not all cheap Bali villas are made equal. You could find yourself saving far more than you could have dreamed.

If you’re on a budget, October – May (with the exception of Christmas/New Year) is the best time to visit Bali. At this season Bali has more than sufficient facilities such as discount hotels Bali, bargain Bali villas and restaurant to make you feel at paradise. You will be able to find discount Bali villas much more easier but remenber one thing, you must book ealier in advance as rent a bali villa is not like booked a hotel.You just can not book within a few days or i short notice.

There are around 50+ cheap villas in Bali which located from Ubud, Sanur, Seminyak, Canggu and even up until south part of Bali island like Nusa Dua.

So how do you go about finding cheap Bali villas? There are numbers villa rental agents in Bali. The best way is by searching on Google. You will find quite a lot villa rental agents displaying their villa rental on their websites. One thing to look first is to find websites with a BVRA logo. BVRA or Bali Villa Rental Association is govertment approved for villa rental association. By finding BVRA logo on villa rental websites you will have the confidence to book through one of them.

The Bali Villa Rental Association (BVRA) was established by and for licensed villa rental agencies operating in Bali with the aim to initiate and maintain a healthy business climate. BVRA is a body that ensures service quality for clients in a segment composed of both villa owners and holiday makers.

Without a doubt, the safest way to score cheap Bali villas is to be thorough searching. It’s not the easiest way to book a Bali holiday but might actually surprise yourself with how much money you save. You’ll be fine..just put in some work beforehand and once you’ve got that cheap villa for rent you can start dreaming of relaxing on the bench by the pool and enjoying the Balinese culture and marvel of nature.

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