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 love to stay at the Viceroy in Bali because it’s been my dream to go to Bali for years and years. The pictures look like heaven!

  3. Would love to bid on the galway trip, as my partner’s family is from there! Would also enjoy the Bali trip as well 🙂 eat pray love!

  4. Never been to Bali and the Viceroy seems tempting enough to even fly there in coach.

  5. My favorite from the auction is the Screebe House in Galway, Ireland. I’ve always wanted to reconnect with my Irish roots!

  6. I actually just booked my honeymoon flights to Bali in March… and all my research has shown me that Viceroy Bali is, without a doubt, the best place to stay in Ubud!

  10. My favorite item up for auction at Luxury Travel Diary is the 2 Nights At Wigwam Holidays In Lee Valley, UK.. It looks like a great unique, cultural experience!

  11. My favorite items available through auction right now is ‘3 Nights In A Suite At Hotel Tugu In Bali, Indonesia.’ Would love to combine that with the Viceroy Bali if I won that!

  12. Would be very interested to compare it to the Aman properties in Bali, especially Amandari, since it is literally down the street.

  13. Bali is my favorite vacation destination and would love to stay at the Viceroy.
    ‘3 Nights In A Suite At Hotel Tugu In Bali, Indonesia is my favorite auction item.

  14. I would chose to stay at the Viceroy Bali because we are visiting our brand new niece who lives there and it would be great to take her family to a place like this.

  15. Would choose to stay at Viceroy Bali in Ubud to complement a stay at the St Regis Bali beach property in Nusa Dua

  16. I would want to stay at the Viceroy Bali to truly relax and get away from it all — and you can’t beat the look of those pool villas!

  17. I like the Viceroy Bali best of the auctions because we are going there and can make use of it if we win.

  18. I would love to win the 3 SUITE NIGHTS AT BOND MOVIE “SPECTRE” LOCATION, AUSTRIA auction to experience the magic of this part of the Austrian Alps — it looks beautiful!

  21. I would love to stay at the Viceroy! Went to Bali last year and have been wanting to go back since.

  22. I’d love to go back to Bali and a stay at the Viceroy would be a marked improvement over my last accommodations (a hostel)

  23. The 2 nights in Cornwall look fantastic but I’d settle for winning the 2 nights in Bali!! 🙂

  24. Why I would choose to stay at the Viceroy Bali: spectacularly beautiful guest rooms.

  25. My favorite auction item is “2 Nights At Tongole Wilderness Lodge In Malawi, Africa”

  27. The viceroy looks awesome and I would love to stay there for its small family run feel!

  29. Viceroy looks to be the perfect place to quiet my mind from this turbulent world.

  32. I would combine it with the 3-night stay at Hotel Tugu, then go over to Kuala Lumpur for the 2-night stay at the Grand Hyatt! Whirlwind!

  40. The auction I am considering is 2 nights at Tongole Wilderness Lodge in Malawi, Africa…wife has been wanting to go there anyway

  41. The Viceroy look very nice and I have been wanting to come back to Bali since we were there 2 years ago

  42. A week in Greece on the beach, yes please…7 nights at Zoe Seaside Resort, Greece (Apr, May, Oct, Dec)

  48. I have always wanted to go to Greece, so this auction appeals to me: 7 nights at Zoe Seaside Resort, Greece.

  50. I’d love to stay at the Viceroy Bali because (a) Bali has been on the list for a while; (b) it has a highly recommended spa and (c) that pool looks so inviting!

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