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Luxurious private escapes.....
Our Bali Villas
The following information tells you everything that you need to
know generally about villa accommodation and villa properties in
Bali, from villa rental rates to villa construction and the electricity
supply.
We hope that in providing you with this information, you will have
a better appreciation of the general nature of villa accommodation
in Bali, and what you can expect during your stay as our guest.
The following is a general overview only however, and we recommend
that you pay close attention to the detailed descriptive villa listing
information we provide for each villa in our Select a Villa section.
Each Villa description details the specific features and seasonal
rates of the Villa that you are interested in renting.
You will also find more Villa information in our Villa FAQs section.
 Rental Seasons
There are basically three accommodation rental seasons in Bali:
low season, high season and peak season. The demand for Villa accommodation
during the high and peak seasons is very strong, and bookings for
these periods must be made well in advance. Most Villa owners consider
the months of July to September, Chinese New Year (in early February)
and Easter to be High Season. Peak season is considered to be the
period over Christmas and New Year. Low season is everything else.
As Bali is just south of the equator it attracts holidaymakers
from both Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere countries
escaping their respective winters, hence its high and peak seasons
in the middle and the beginning/end of the calendar year.
Depending on the villa owner, there is a surcharge during the high
and peak seasons of 25% to 60% added to the normal (low) rental
rate during these periods, and for some villas a minimum rental
period of one to two weeks during the peak season is required. Please
make sure you read the seasonal rates and minimum nightly stay requirements
for your selected villa carefully.
Villa Rental Rates
Regular rental rates for high-quality villas in Bali range from
about US$260 to US$2000 per night during the low season, with surcharges
added for booked dates in the high and peak seasons.
The rental rate range reflects the rental season dates, the location
of the villa, size, the number of bedrooms, amenities and the facilities.
Usually, Villas with a Beachfront location incur the highest rental
rates, as such Villas are rare in Bali - at last count we could
only identify 10 Beachfront Villas, only a small number of which
were available from the owners for rental on a short-term holiday
basis.
Most coastal Villas are a short walk or drive away from the ocean
- the convenience of having your own private swimming pool outside
your doorway more than makes up for the distance from the beach.
The Bali Villa Holidays rental rates include your villa staff salaries,
your laundry, villa electricity, gas, water, taxes, local Internet
access, and air-conditioned car with driver and fuel.
Your only additional expenses are the costs of buying your food
and ingredients for the meals you ask your cook to prepare, and
your telephone costs.
The preparation of your meals, doing your laundry, and all other
services provided by the villa staff are included in our rental
rates.
How we work with Villa Owners
We work with Villa owners in one of two ways: we either rent the
villa from the owner direct on an ongoing basis i.e. Bali Villa
Holidays has exclusive rental rights and is paying the owner for
this right, or we share with the owner a percentage of the villa
rental amount. Sometimes where we share in the percentage, the villa
owner already has their own on-site villa staff, and Bali Villa
Holidays staff are not on-site. In these instances however, the
standard of staff service is still very high, and our Guest Services
Rep still meets you at the airport, conducts a villa orientation,
and is available at any time for questions or to talk.
Villa Ownership
On-island owners, offshore investors, or offshore owners renting
their villa out for short-term holidaymakers, are the owners of
the Villa properties in our portfolio. All our selected villas are
tastefully decorated and furnished and reflect the individual owners
taste and style - the interior standard and style differs from antique
Asian, Javanese and Balinese furniture to modern art deco and modern
designer furniture.
Freestanding Villas verses Estate Villas
Our portfolio of selected villas represents both Freestanding Villas
and Estate Villas. Freestanding Villas are private villas that are
on their own without other villas around them. Estate Villas are
villas in a secured compound or complex with other villas, where
they share common private parking area and security. Estate Villas
are still private and do not share common walls or pools etc. Often
these Estates have 2-3 Villas of different styles and are built
for privacy and luxury. The owner has decided to build a few villas
together in order to realise economies on land price, the quantity
of material purchased, water treatment systems etc.
Hotel Villas
We also have a number of Hotel & Resort Villas in our selected
portfolios. Some of our guests like the idea of having hotel or
resort amenities to enjoy, but with the added privacy of a villa
with private swimming pool within the hotel area. With these hotel
villas, the individual hotels own staff looks after you, along with
other hotel guests. Your Bali Villa Holidays Guest Services Rep
is still available to you, and we still assist you to organise your
holidays and activities.
Villa Construction
The materials that Villa owners use to construct their Villas in
Bali varies enormously - Bali is not subject to tropical storms,
hurricanes or tornadoes, so the villa buildings are generally made
from local material, and for the Villas we have selected and recommend,
is of the highest quality and construction. Most Villas are a combination
of wood, bamboo, steel and concrete tastefully combined to achieve
a tropical open feel. Slate and tiled floors are commonly used to
keep Villas cool, while roofs can vary from the grass straw thatching
(alang alang) seen in most tourist brochures, to wooden shingle
roofs and tiles.
Villa Layout
As the weather in Bali is tropical all year around, the concept
behind most Villas is to capitalise on the tropical environment
by having very open constructions for the living and eating areas,
and with the bedrooms fully enclosed and air-conditioned. Open floor
plans between living and dining areas are common, with the inside
and outside areas joined by very wide doors or windows - or none
at all. Bali lends itself to outdoor living, and dining around pools,
and most villas are built to highlight this. Most walls are open-sided,
allowing tropical breezes in.
Interior
The bedrooms are always air-conditioned and also have ceiling fans.
Bedrooms vary from 2 rooms to 6 rooms in all Villas. The bedrooms
are built for couples, and tend to be furnished with Queen or King-sized
beds, with clothing cupboards and bed stands. Most bedrooms have
an en-suite bathroom with a shower that may or not be open to the
sky. Most master bedrooms also have a bathtub/spa. The toilet is
western style, and only a few have a bidet. The rest of the living,
kitchen, dining and TV rooms are often open, with ceiling fans and/or
air-conditioning.
Exterior
The pool is the central focus of the outdoor area in most villas
in Bali. Pools are always in ground, can be saltwater or fresh,
vary in size, and most are run on biosystem filters and pool solutions.
Most outside areas also have a patio, cabana or bale - an undercover,
open-sided structure located near the pool, decked out with pillows
for sleeping, reading, lazing and massages. All villas have extensive
outside furniture for lounging around and taking it easy. There
is normally a balcony or veranda with a dining table and chairs
for outside dining. The gardens are lush and always full of colourful
tropical flowers and plants. The landscaping is always first class
and adds to the tropical warm feel. Rarely will you find an outside
BBQ as the cook does all the cooking in the kitchen.
Amenities
All Villas are fully equipped with the entire household items needed
to live as in a normal house. All Villas have full crockery, cutlery,
towels, bedding, TV, C-D players, VCDs, refrigerators, cooking facilities,
irons, ironing boards etc. Most villas have electronic safes in
the bedrooms, but be sure to check carefully our amenities listing
for each villa.
Electricity and Water
Power supply interruptions are an infrequent part of life in Bali
- but they do happen. Most often the interruption is for just a
minute or two. Some Villas have on-site generators, but most do
not. Bali is fortunate to have a large supply of ground or boar
water available. This is filtered before being used in pools and
for bath/shower/kitchen/washing use, but is not recommended to drink.
No-where in Bali currently has drinkable water from the tap. All
Villas provide electronic hot and cold Water dispensers, with large
refillable 20 lite bottles. Your Villa rental fee includes continuous
water replenishment.
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