I just returned from a trip to Bali, Indonesia.  One thing that made the trip enjoyable was my favorite Bali hotels.  There were some cheap Bali hotels I stayed at that I would never return to, but overall, I thought the hotels in Bali were very nice.

 

My favorite hotel in Bali was the Bali Hyatt in the Sanur area just east of Denpasar.  It is a very nice resort, but the price per night was still manageable.  I stayed in one of their regency club rooms.  I was expecting a…

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I'm a big fan of beach vacations so I was disappointed in the beach options on my recent trip to Bali.  Lucily, I spent most of my time on a tour that explored the interior of the island.

 

We spent our first few nights in the Sanur area of Bali.  It originally was a small fishing village and remains a much quieter beach vacation option in Bali compared to the other beach areas.  I spent the first day on the beach.  I was hot the entire time.  I had a shady spot, but the…

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Everything is set for my trip to Bali.

 

I will be flying from Minneapolis to Chicago to South Korea to Bali.

 

I will be in Bali for two weeks.  The frist three days will be spent on the southern beaches and then I am taking a tour of the entire island that starts and ends in Ubud.

 

I'm really excited.  I know it will be a long flight, but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.  I found an incredible deal and everything just fell into place for…

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Why wouldn't you use a travel agent? The truth is that there are many benefits to using a travel agent.



The first benefit is that it doesn't cost anything to call and use a travel agent. When you are planning a trip, you have lots of questions and need lots of information. Wouldn't it be nice to call someone who has lots of information about the place you want to travel to? That person is a travel agent! In fact, don't just call one travel agent; call lots of them. You never know… Continue

I'm still doing research into options for a three to four week vacation with my family.

Since we wil be in one location for so long, we are starting to look into renting a vacation home. We have never rented a vacation home before so we don't exactly know what we are doing.

If anyone has suggestions for the best way to find, compare, and see reviews of specific vacation homes, I would appreciate it very much.