Bali part 1 Travel Fabulous, always get upgraded

Arrived in Bali, it’s humid, but the temperature is perfect right now, at about 28C.

I have been very fortunate to travel ever since I was a little girl- from China to Europe, to Japan and Cape town. And my fashionable mother has taught me well - always put on a smiley face because you are vacation, and how to make the trip more fabulous? – travel smart, get upgraded.

The first 3 nights of our trip, we are staying at the Intercontinental Bali Resort,

Here's our room situation and on how to upgrade at 5 star resort:

·      I booked the trip via travel agent in HK; they are usually the most efficient and reasonable when traveling to the South East Asia. My travel agent Iris booked 3 nights of Intercontinental for 1200HKD (155USD) per night, the rate is for Classic Room. At Intercontinental, they have 3 levels of rooms: Classic, Sanjaran, and Club. Club as the most prestige.

·      Club’s benefits include: bigger room, inclusive usage of Club Lounge, with unlimited juice, tea, coffee and soft drinks 24hrs a day; unlimited cocktail every day from 4:30pm-7: 30pm; private pool for Club guests only; 24hr fitness center; complementary internet at the business center, among the other perks. And the Club’s rate on Expedia is $400 USD per night.

·      Our travel agent has a contract with the hotel, it gives their clients free upgrade to the Sanjaran room, the second level, but besides the room is bigger, no other perks, the rates are $250USD per night online.

·      hotels always try to have the cheapest rooms available. when I got to the hotel, I asked during check-in, since we are already at second level, how much would it cost if we want to upgrade to Club room? And the rate was 70USD extra per night.

·      Therefore, we are now staying at the Club room, enjoying all of those extra perks, for 2 people, and the final rate is $220 USD per night, instead of $400.

The tips:

- Check rates with Travel Agent;

- Be nice to hotel staff during check in, and ask for LAST MINUTE upgrade, don't be shy about it, people always ask, if you don't ask, you will never know. 

And now, we get to enjoy Bali with Club benefits: 

One of the benefits: unlimited exotic Indonesian fruit at the lounge:

NANGKA ( the big-tree pineapple)

RAMBUTAN ( we call it the fuzzy lychee)

 SALAK ( snake skin fruit)