Who Wants a Free $2500 Stay in Bali?

by Gary Leff

Bali is one of my favorite relaxing places in the world. I go to the Maldives often, but it can be tough to get to and tough to get awards to. When folks come to me looking for French Polynesia and can’t find awards I’ll often suggest Bali.

It’s an interesting place with good food, cultural activities, and some of the world’s friendliest people. And there’s fantastic luxury accommodations available at reasonable prices for those spending US dollars.

Viceroy Bali is a family-owned resort with just 25 private pool villas. It’s in the artistic region of Ubud, so a nice departure from the more sterile Nusa Dua area of Westernized resorts. It’s a TripAdvisor 5-star and 2016 Travelers Choice award winner. I’ve seen very few properties with reviews this good. In fact, It’s TripAdvisor’s #11 of top 25 luxury hotels in the world.

And I’m going to give away a couple of nights there, with some fantastic inclusions, thanks to Luxury Travel Diary.

Luxury Travel Diary is a high-end travel blog with great reviews based in the UK that has a bunch of travel auctions with real bargains.

As I’ve said before, folks who already know about these auctions don’t like this added attention, because there don’t seem to be enough bidders relative to the value of the offerings and some of these items go way too cheap.


Seriously, a hotel night in the Maldives for an auction ending in about 8 hours going for 28 British pounds as of this writing…

Luxury Travel Diary wanted to highlight some of their deals, and offered to help organize a giveaway of a 2 night hotel stay at the Viceroy in Bali.

What’s included?

  • 2 night stay in a Garden Villa for 2 people
  • Roundtrip airport transfers
  • Daily breakfast
  • One candlelit dinner for 2
  • One couples spa treatment for 2

The hotel lists the value at $2500. It’s being given away by the hotel and Luxury Travel Diary, I’m just helping to highlight it and randomly select the winner. The stay can be taken through July 14, 2017 with July 15-30 and December 20-January 6 excluded.

To enter: leave a comment on this post with your favorite item up for auction at Luxury Travel Diary, or why you would choose to stay at Viceroy Bali. You may enter two times if you wish and answer those two questions one time each in separate comments.

Contest deadline and drawing winner: Entries close Friday, March 4 at Noon eastern. I will draw winner with the assistance of random.org.

The fine print: Advance booking is required and it’s subject to availability. Terms and conditions apply.

For avoidance of doubt, I have no affiliation with Luxury Travel Diary or Viceroy Bali. I am not getting anything in exchange for running this giveaway other than an opportunity to share the place with readers.

I will put the winner in touch with the hotel for booking. They are solely responsible for providing prize to winner. All decisions made in the course of running this giveaway are final and unappealable and your entry signifies your acceptance. The goal here is to make readers aware of a pretty cool auction opportunity, and to give away a stay. So please don’t make it hard on me for doing so!

You probably won’t fly to Bali and back for a 2 night stay, though you might add onto it and do other things in the region and it’s a great opportunity to spend American AAdvantage miles at just 55,000 miles each way in business class or 67,500 in first class before the March 22 devaluation.

About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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Comments

  1. I would stay at the Viceroy to enjoy Ubud, its beautiful rice fields, artistic atmosphere and good food again. Two nights would just work great for me.

  4. would be great to stay at Viceroy Bali, weather in Bali is usually very good and is a very relaxing location

  5. My wife and I visited Bali for our honeymoon, and absolutely fell in love! We would love to visit the Viceroy bali because Ubud is SO cool, and so relaxing. Thanks Gary!

  7. My favorite item in LuxuryTravelDiary is “Overnight Stay At Diamonds Thudufushi Resort In The Maldives” (31 pounds?!)

  10. Headed to Bali in November and would love to stay at the Viceroy Bali for some relaxation. Thanks Gary.

  12. What a fabulous way to book hotels, I am so excited to find out about this website! I would love to stay at Tugu Lombok in Indonesia, this is a part of the world I have yet to explore.

  13. I want to win the acution of 2 Nights At Argentario Golf Resort & Spa, Tuscany, as my wife and I have a one year anniversary trip to Tuscany coming up in May!

  15. My wife and I would love to stay at the Viceroy Bali to celebrate our wedding anniversary. It is great that it is located in the cultural heart of Bali, near the rice terraces and the monkey forest!

  18. My favorite item has to be the 5 Nights Half Board at Reethi Beach Resort in the Maldives that is currently going for ~$125/night.

  19. All you have to do is look at the pictures of the Viceroy Bali to know why I would choose to stay there.

  22. I have been dying to do to Ubud, Bali, and the Viceroy looks like an amazing place to stay when you get there!

  23. My favourite item up for auction is the 2 nights stay at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. Hyatt fan for life.

  24. I do have a MR to CGK at the end of March. Will stay in Bali for two nights. Would be great to stay at Viceroy Bali.

  25. Hello there!
    From auctions I would go for 3 NIGHTS AT HOTEL TUGU LOMBOK, INDONESIA!
    and why here Viceroy ? Answer for both is simple – already booked my dream holiday with my friend in Bali (Sept. 2016) and this will be the last lazy time just before my one-year-stay in New Zealand! Cheers

  26. During my previous trips to Bali, I have drove past the Viceroy Bali a couple of times and it looks so amazing on the outside, i wonder how it will look like on the inside.

  27. I’m liking the auction for the William hotel in NYC because it’s going for a great price right now.

  28. I would love to stay at the Viceroy Bali as part of a larger trip to Bali. I would use the Viceroy as a nice place for R&R in between shopping trips.

  30. The Viceroy justlooks like an amazing spot to completely relax at. My fave item so far is the Masters of Mayfair sleep mask. I was fortunate to “win” one from a Luxury Travel auction recently held.

  31. I would love to stay at the Viceroy in Bali! Would be a fantastic addition to a trip that I have coming up. It’s a great area of Bali to be in to get away from the hustle and bustle of the south side of the island.

  33. I would stay at the Viceroy bc I’m headed to Bali this fall and I want to visit the monkey forest in Ubud, which is where the Viceroy is located.

  35. I’d stay at the Viceroy Bali to enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of Bali’s rice fields and relax!

  36. I would love to take my beautiful wife to Viceroy Bali and enjoy the peacefulness and tranquility. We have never been to Bali and would love to take one last trip before starting a family!

  37. Bali is a favorite destination for my wife and I, and we would love to visit again before the devaaluation jacks up the CX F prices!

  38. Would love to visit the Viceroy because I’m already heading to Bali this summer and it’s in such a beautiful location!

  45. The Viceroy would be lovely. The grounds look fantastic and it would fit in perfectly with a SE Asia trip we have booked for this September!

  46. Among the current auctions, I would definitely choose the “7 night Croatian Adriatic sailing cruise with A2A Yachting” (http://www.luxurytraveldiary.com/auction/?ult_auc_id=19581). My fiance grew up sailing, and I’ve always hoped to be able to treat her to a sailing trip in Europe. Also, I’ve not been to Croatia, but have heard amazing things about it, and would love the opportunity to check it out in such style, and at a discount!

  49. I was intrigued by the “3 Luxury Nights By The Beach In Tropea, Italy” offering on Luxury Travel Diary.

    I am ALWAYS intrigued by Italy 🙂

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