When it comes to book a hotel in Bali, we can choose among several huge hotel booking websites. So far, I always had a favourit website where I did all my hotel booking for each journey to Bali. However, meanwhile I did a small survey and compared prices of three leading hotel booking websites: Booking.com, Agoda.com and Asiarooms.com. Therefore, I took the three top recommended hotels from each provider, so 9 hotels altogether, and put the prices for a specific week (02. June 2012 to 09 June 2012) in an Excel sheet.
Recommended hotels where as follows:
Agoda ("Agoda Recommended):
- Harris Hotel Tuban
- Sun Island Hotel Kuta
- The Catur Villa
Asiarooms ("Best Discount"):
- The Sunset Hotel and Villas
- The Khayangan Dreams Villa
- Villa Areklo
Booking ("Recommended"):
- Kajane Mua Private Villa & Mansion
- Ayodya Resort Bali
- Le Jardin Boutique Villas
And here are the results of my little hotel price survey, stated in USD and per night:
Date: 12. February 2012
AND THE WINNER IS ... very clearly Agoda.com. The even succeded agains the "Best Discount" hotels of Asiarooms. This result leads to the conclusion that we have a very good chance of getting the best price for any hotel at Agoda.com. At least I will switch over.
February 15, 2012, revised:
Meanwhile, I thought that it would be a good idea to check the original hotel websites for online booking rates, too. Surprisingly, there are some hotels with no webpresence at all, at least not on the first three pages of Google's results. As two out of five available online rates are quite competitive, it might be an alternative to book directly at the hotel. On the other hand some hotels are really expensive with their online offers. And again I made the experience, that the more the price is show as a special offer, the more expensive it is compared to other sources. So, you should check several booking options before spending money.
Recommended hotels where as follows:
Agoda ("Agoda Recommended):
- Harris Hotel Tuban
- Sun Island Hotel Kuta
- The Catur Villa
Asiarooms ("Best Discount"):
- The Sunset Hotel and Villas
- The Khayangan Dreams Villa
- Villa Areklo
Booking ("Recommended"):
- Kajane Mua Private Villa & Mansion
- Ayodya Resort Bali
- Le Jardin Boutique Villas
And here are the results of my little hotel price survey, stated in USD and per night:
| Booking.com | Asiarooms.com | Agoda.com | Hotels-Website | |
| Recommended | Best Discount | Agoda Recommended | Online Rate | |
| Harris Hotel Tuban | $62,00 | $86,30 | $60,00 | $86,16 |
| Sun Island Hotel Kuta | $99,00 | $142,00 | $117,00 | $118,00 |
| The Catur Villa | sold out | not listed | $124,00 | $not found |
| The Sunset Hotel and Villas | $60,57 | $52,74 | $51,00 | $47,00 |
| The Khayangan Dreams Villa | $204,00 | $204,75 | $169,00 | $246,84 |
| Villa Areklo | not listed | $75,00 | not listed | not found |
| Kajane Mua Private Villa & Mansion | $175,00 | $175,00 | $145,00 | no online reservation |
| Ayodya Resort Bali | $144,00 | $144,00 | $119,00 | $119,00 |
| Le Jardin Boutique Villas | $382,00 | $425,00 | $351,00 | sold out |
AND THE WINNER IS ... very clearly Agoda.com. The even succeded agains the "Best Discount" hotels of Asiarooms. This result leads to the conclusion that we have a very good chance of getting the best price for any hotel at Agoda.com. At least I will switch over.
February 15, 2012, revised:
Meanwhile, I thought that it would be a good idea to check the original hotel websites for online booking rates, too. Surprisingly, there are some hotels with no webpresence at all, at least not on the first three pages of Google's results. As two out of five available online rates are quite competitive, it might be an alternative to book directly at the hotel. On the other hand some hotels are really expensive with their online offers. And again I made the experience, that the more the price is show as a special offer, the more expensive it is compared to other sources. So, you should check several booking options before spending money.
