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. Would love to stay at the Viceroy Bali to enjoy all the luxuries which the resort can offer, and in a magical, mystical place like Bali no less!

  2. I would stay at the Viceroy Bali because I LOVE the idea of a private pool villa. It would take me back to my trip to Koh Samui to stay at the Conrad there.

  3. My favorite item up for auction would be the 2 nights at Grant Hyatt in Singapore since that is a destination we will be going to shortly.

  4. Would love to visit Viceroy Bali. The place looks awesome & I have heard & read wonderful things about Bali. Also I will be in Hong Kong early April so this would be a perfect few day getaway to relax & enjoy Bali. Thanks for the giveaway & look forward to enjoying Viceroy Bali.

  7. I would absolutely love to stay at the Viceroy Bali as part of my honeymoon, which will be happening within the next year or so. I have several friends/family members who have visited Bali and raved about how beautiful and relaxing it is. To be able to stay in such amazing accommodations would put an already amazing experience right over the top!

  8. Favorite item: 5 Nights At Avantgarde Yalikavak, Bodrum, Turkey. Because I’ll be there this summer.

  9. Would love the “5 Nights Half Board At Reethi Beach Resort, Maldives” but anything else would be great too!

  10. I would love to stay at the Viceroy because last year I briefly had the chance to visit Ubud and got a glimpse of how amazing it is. I would love to go back, and to stay at the Viceroy would make such a trip even more amazing!

  12. It’s a gloomy morning here and I would just love staying at the viceroy in the sun and swimming in that beautiful warm water while enjoying Bali.

  13. The auction for the 3 Suite Nights At Bond Movie “Spectre” Location in Austria sounds intriguing.

  14. Favorite item for auction would be 5 NIGHTS HALF BOARD AT REETHI BEACH RESORT, MALDIVES at Luxury Travel Diary. Wish Maldives was easier to get too.

  15. My favourite auction would be 2 NIGHTS AT GILI LANKANFUSHI LUXURY RESORT IN THE MALDIVES – simply because it’s the Maldives!! Am already dreaming of sun, sand, sea and the crystal clear waters of the Atoll…

  17. I’d love to stay at the Viceroy Bali simply because I love Bali and the resort looks amazing in pictures.
    No doubt it will be a fantastic place!

  18. The 2-night stay at the Grand Hyatt Singapore club room would be perfect. That is an excellent auction item!

  20. My fiancé and I are planning our honeymoon for later this year and we would love to stay at the Viceroy Bali!

  21. the 3 Nights In A Suite At Hotel Tugu In Bali, Indonesia looks like a great complement to this giveaway!

  24. Bali is a wonderful destination and the Viceroy Bali seems lovely. I would like to try it out.

  26. I’ve been saving my AAdvantage miles for a trip to SE Asia, and would love to check out Bali. The Viceroy seems perfect – I’ve never even stayed at a resort before and it looks like a great place to start!

  28. My favorite auction item is the 3 night luxury stay on the beach in Tropea Italy.

    I have a soft spot for Italy and seeing new parts of the country intrigues me.

  33. I would stay in the viceroy in Bali as you can’t get any more luxurious than that. I have never been convinced if it is truly worth the price premium and a couple of nights there might be enough to convince me.

  39. Saya harus memperbaikan bahasa indonesia saya. (I need to improve my Indonesian language abilities)

  40. My favorite item was the ARGENTARIO GOLF RESORT & SPA, TUSCANY. My wife and I want to plan an italy trip and a few nights in tuscany would be perfect.

  43. The luxury travel diary auction for 2 more nights at the viceroy to go along with the ones I will win here.

  44. i stayed at viceroy sugar beach, st. lucia and had a fantastic experience. I’d love to try another viceroy property and bali looks great

  48. I’d love to stay at the Viceroy, which looks beautiful and is in Bali’s cultural heart. Such a great place to come back to after a day of wandering.

  50. I would love to take my beautiful wife to Viceroy Bali and enjoy the peacefulness and tranquility. This would be an amazing trip before starting a family.

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