Katy Apartments

If you have decided to visit Bali, Indonesia on your next holiday, you’re in for a real treat. There are few places that have retained their distinct local culture amidst a rapidly expanding tourist industry as gracefully as Bali has. You will find everything that a holiday maker could possibly want–spectacular nightlife, excellent shopping, superb restaurants and more–on this island, but you’ll never be far from a small Balinese temple or the smell of incense as locals perform their daily religious rituals. All this begs the question however: where to stay? Villas are notoriously expensive, hotels possibly overpriced and cramped, but I’d like to suggest an additional option in the form of Bali apartments.

A serviced apartment rental might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you consider your choices for accommodations for the next holiday you take with your family. But along with the growth in Bali has experienced in recent years have come many new apartment complexes that offer a cheaper alternative to people who reside on the island for only part of the year. Many ex-pats combine business with a short stay on the island when they do come, and so their units are vacant for much of the year. It’s easy to find these people on the Internet advertising short-term rentals, and savvy visitors are starting to realize that dealing directly with an absentee owner for a stay of a week or two, or even longer, is a way to be in a unit that feels a lot like home, and probably for much less money than other options.

For people who aren’t interested of the over-the-top tourism (and non-stop partying) in places like Kuta, the Seminyak neighborhood has become the area of choice for either short-term or long-term stays in Bali. Its location means that you are near the beach and everything else you’re looking for, without subjecting yourself and your family to the traffic and round-the-clock street noise as you will find further south. For many people, places like Seminyak and Legian are the “sweet spot” in terms of a place to stay in Bali.

It’s hard to find Bali hotels for less than $50 US per night nowadays, and for that price in crowded areas of the island you’ll most likely get an unremarkable room. On the other hand for a two-week stay should be very easy to find an apartment in Bali for less than US $700 that a lower and three-star hotel room would run you. Look online, check around, and seriously consider a short-term Bali apartment rental on your next trip to this wonderful tourist destination.

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Maybe you have decided to do things a little bit differently this vacation and look into short-term apartment rentals for your next trip to Bali, Indonesia. With the rapid growth on this gorgeous tropical island in recent years, the increased population density in the southern part of the island where most of the tourists stay has resulted in lots of new apartment building construction. Unlike 10 years ago renting Bali apartments is an attractive alternative for many people, especially if you’re coming with a family.

It is easy enough to find owners of apartments looking to rent out their units for periods of time when they are absent. A quick search online will lead you to Craigslist or the Bali Advertiser Classifieds online, and many owners have even built websites around units that they own. There are few questions you won’t want to forget to ask an owner whose unit you are considering renting out for your stay:

It may seem like an extravagance, but most foreigners who live in Bali employ a maid for a few hours a day to help with basic tasks around their home or their apartment. It would be reasonable to expect maid service to be included with your apartment rental, possibly every other day or so, but be sure and ask.

Naturally things like airport pickup and whether or not there is an Internet connection included with your rental would be important to ask about. Additionally you should make sure that most of the amenities that you would find in a hotel room will be included with your apartment rental: toiletry items, towels etc.

You should be sure and get a sense of just how far away from the ocean the unit is. If you come to Bali looking for some sand and surf you’ll want to be no more than a few hundred meters away maximum, and as most apartments on the island are pretty well-located it shouldn’t be much of a problem.

Try and get a sense of how well the area in which the apartment is located will fit you. The areas of Kuta and Tuban, close to the airport, are known for short-term tourists who are often younger, and come to party as much or more than they do to experience the Balinese culture. Seminyak and Legian are a little quieter, more upscale and home to more of an expat crowd. On the southeast coast of the island, Sanur is also on the quiet side, but like Seminyak has great restaurants and a rather laid-back scene.

You might just find that dealing with a Bali apartment owner is much easier than the front desk of the big hotel. You can expect more personalized service from a person who will be much more inclined to answer all of your questions, which is handy if it’s your first visit to Bali. All in all, renting Bali apartments is an idea worth looking into: you just might enjoy it more than other kinds of accommodations.

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