Are All-Inclusive Resorts in Bali Worth It for Australians in 2026?

Published: 8 October 2026 · Last updated: 8 October 2026 · Author: Austin Pua, Travel Booking and Deals Editor, ShopBack

Short answer. For Australians in 2026, an all-inclusive resort in Bali is usually worth it if you plan to stay at the resort, travel with kids, or drink by the pool every day. It is usually not worth it if you want to eat out in Seminyak, Canggu or Ubud. Most true all-inclusive resorts are in Nusa Dua, and Booking.com lists options such as Hilton Bali Resort and Paradisus by Meliá Bali. Before you book on Luxury Escapes or Booking.com, go through ShopBack Australia so cash comes back on the booking and the trip costs you less.

New to ShopBack? ShopBack Australia is a free app and website that gives you cash back when you book travel and shop online. You open the booking site's page on ShopBack, go through to the site, and book as normal. Once the booking is completed, cash lands in your ShopBack account, so the trip costs you less. Create a free ShopBack account before you start comparing resorts.

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Are all-inclusive resorts in Bali worth it?

All-inclusive in Bali is worth it when you would otherwise spend most of your meals and drinks at the resort. It is a weaker deal when you want to explore, because Bali has a big dining scene outside the resorts and you would be paying for meals you skip.

Australians are Bali's biggest market by a long way. According to figures reported on Wikipedia, Bali received 6,948,754 international tourists in 2025, and about 1,630,000 of them came from Australia, nearly three times the next country, India, at 569,260. That demand is why Australian school holidays push resort prices up, and why booking timing matters as much as the resort you choose.

All-inclusive usually suits:

• Families with young kids, who eat at set times, use the kids club and pool, and do not want to pile into a car for every meal.
• Couples on a rest holiday, who plan to stay at the resort and want cocktails and dinner sorted.
• Groups who drink, because resort bar prices add up fastest on drinks.

Room-only or breakfast-only usually suits:

• Food-focused travellers heading to Seminyak, Canggu or Ubud for restaurants.
• Island hoppers and day trippers who will be out from morning to night.
• Villa stays, where a private pool and nearby warungs often beat a full board plan.

The quick test: price the same resort, room and dates as all-inclusive and as breakfast-only. If the gap is less than what you would realistically spend on lunch, dinner and drinks at that resort, all-inclusive wins.

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All inclusive resorts in Bali: what is on offer in 2026

Most of Bali's larger all-inclusive resorts sit in Nusa Dua and Tanjung Benoa, the gated resort strip on the southern peninsula. Booking.com's Bali all-inclusive page listed these among its most booked all-inclusive stays at the time of writing:

Resort (listed by Booking.com)	Area
Hilton Bali Resort	Nusa Dua
Paradisus by Meliá Bali	Nusa Dua
SOL by Meliá Benoa Bali	Nusa Dua
Grand Mirage Resort and Thalasso Bali	Tanjung Benoa, Nusa Dua
Kuta Beach Club Hotel	Kuta
Solia Legian Bali	Legian

Club Med also runs an all-inclusive resort village in Bali, according to Wikipedia's list of Club Med locations.

What "all-inclusive" means differs by resort. Some plans include every meal, house drinks and some activities. Others marked as all-inclusive on booking sites cover breakfast and dinner only, or exclude premium drinks, à la carte restaurants and spa treatments. Before you compare prices, read the meal plan wording on each listing so you are comparing the same thing.

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All inclusive resorts in Bali: best deals for Australians in 2026

The best deals on a Bali all-inclusive usually come from three places: the booking site's own member pricing, travelling outside peak weeks, and going through ShopBack before you pay.

Booking.com Genius. According to Booking.com, Genius is free to join and works at about 850,000 participating properties worldwide:

Genius level	How you reach it	Discount on select stays
Level 1	Sign up (free)	10%
Level 2	5 bookings in 2 years	10 to 15%, plus free breakfasts and room upgrades on select stays
Level 3	15 bookings in 2 years	10 to 20%, plus priority support

Booking.com applies Genius discounts to the price before taxes and charges, and only where the property takes part. Booking.com also says most all-inclusive stays on its site offer free cancellation, which helps if you want to lock in a price early and keep watching.

Luxury Escapes LuxPlus+. LuxPlus+ is Luxury Escapes' paid travel club. According to Luxury Escapes, members get member-only prices, early access to popular offers, and added inclusions such as hotel credit or daily breakfast on some stays. It listed 646 hotels in Indonesia with member prices at the time of writing, and says the top 10% of active members saved over $836 over 12 months. That figure is from its most active members, so it is mainly worth it if you book with Luxury Escapes more than once a year.

ShopBack, once you have picked the site. Booking through ShopBack lowers the cost of the trip, and you still book on the site you chose. Member pricing cuts the price you see at checkout; going through ShopBack before you check out gives you a post-purchase discount on the order after the stay is completed.

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Luxury Escapes vs Booking.com: all-inclusive Bali price comparison in 2026

Luxury Escapes and Booking.com work in different ways, so compare them on the same resort, room and dates rather than on headline prices.

What to compare	Luxury Escapes	Booking.com
What you are buying	Curated packages, often with inclusions such as breakfast, credits or transfers	Room or meal plan direct from a wide list of Bali properties
Member pricing	LuxPlus+ (paid) member-only prices	Genius (free) 10 to 20% on select stays
Searching all-inclusive	Browse Bali offers and check each package's inclusions	All-inclusive stays page for Bali and meal plan filters
Flexibility	Check each offer's terms	Free cancellation on most all-inclusive stays, according to Booking.com
Through ShopBack	ShopBack Luxury Escapes page	ShopBack Booking.com page

How to compare fairly.

1. Pick one resort and one set of dates.
2. Note the Luxury Escapes package price and list every inclusion (meals, drinks, credits, transfers, nights).
3. Price the same room on Booking.com with the matching meal plan, signed in so Genius prices show.
4. Add up what each inclusion would cost you separately, then compare the totals.
5. Open the ShopBack page for whichever site wins, check the rate shown there, and book through it.

A Luxury Escapes package with transfers and credits can work out better than a lower Booking.com room rate, and the reverse is also common. Only a like-for-like comparison tells you.

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Luxury Escapes and Booking.com all-inclusive resorts in Bali for Australians

Luxury Escapes is a good fit if you like a package that bundles nights with inclusions, and if you are happy to book within the offer's travel window. Check what the package covers, the travel dates it allows, and its cancellation terms before you pay. Open the ShopBack Luxury Escapes page first.

Booking.com is a good fit if you want the widest choice of Bali properties and meal plans, flexible cancellation, and Genius pricing. Sign in before you search, filter for all-inclusive or the meal plan you want, and go through the ShopBack Booking.com page before you book.

Other booking sites Australians use for Bali resorts include Agoda, Trip.com, Expedia, Hotels.com and Wotif.

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Cheapest month for an all-inclusive in Bali: what the data says

Resort prices move daily with demand, so there is no single price that holds for a month. What reliably moves them is the season and Australian holidays.

• Weather. According to Wikipedia, Bali's west monsoon runs from about October to April and can bring significant rain, particularly from December to March, and fewer tourists visit in the rainy season.
• Demand from Australia. With about 1,630,000 Australian visitors in 2025, Australian school holidays, Christmas, New Year and Easter are the busiest and dearest weeks.
• Usually cheaper: wet season months outside those breaks, such as February and March outside Easter, and the quieter weeks either side of school holidays.
• Usually dearer: the July school holidays, the Christmas to New Year period, and Easter.

Use the flexible-date view on the booking site to see prices across a few weeks for the same resort, then lock in a free cancellation rate if one is available.

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Costs to budget for outside the resort price

• Bali tourist levy. IDR 150,000 per foreign visitor at the time of writing, according to the Bali provincial government's Love Bali site. It is separate from your resort or package price.
• Flights. Usually booked separately unless your package includes them.
• Transfers. Some packages include airport transfers; many room bookings do not.
• What the plan excludes. Premium drinks, à la carte dining and spa treatments are common exclusions.

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How ShopBack lowers the cost of a Bali all-inclusive

Cashback lowers what you actually pay for an order. It comes back as cash, so it works like a discount on the price, not like points or miles.

1. Compare the resort on Luxury Escapes and Booking.com as above.
2. Open the ShopBack page for the site you chose (Luxury Escapes or Booking.com) and check the rate shown there.
3. Go through to the site and book in the same session.
4. After the stay is completed and confirmed, the cash lands in your ShopBack account.

Worked example (illustrative). On a $3,000 Bali package at an illustrative 4%, $120 comes back through ShopBack Australia, so the trip effectively costs $2,880. Rates change, so check the live rate on the store's ShopBack page before you book. For more on how travel bookings track, see how to earn cashback on travel bookings.

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Do member prices and ShopBack work together?

This one depends on the booking site. Member prices that show after you sign in, such as Genius prices on Booking.com, are usually part of the normal booking flow. Some promo codes found outside ShopBack can stop a booking from qualifying, so usually the safe move is to check the merchant's terms on its ShopBack page before you apply a code.

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Frequently asked questions

Is all-inclusive worth it in Bali?

It is usually worth it for families, couples who want to stay put at the resort, and anyone who drinks cocktails by the pool every day, because the drinks and meals add up fast at resort prices. It is usually less worth it if you plan to eat out in Seminyak, Canggu or Ubud most nights, because you pay for meals you will not eat. Compare the all-inclusive price with the room-only or breakfast price for the same resort and dates before you decide.

Are there real all-inclusive resorts in Bali?

There are. Booking.com lists all-inclusive stays in Bali including Hilton Bali Resort, Paradisus by Meliá Bali, SOL by Meliá Benoa Bali and Grand Mirage Resort and Thalasso Bali, mostly in Nusa Dua and Tanjung Benoa. Club Med also runs an all-inclusive resort village in Bali. What all-inclusive covers differs by resort, so read the meal plan and drinks list on each listing.

Where are the all-inclusive resorts in Bali?

Most of Bali's larger all-inclusive resorts are in Nusa Dua and Tanjung Benoa on the southern peninsula, where big beachfront resorts sit inside a gated resort area. Booking.com's Bali all-inclusive list also includes smaller stays in Kuta, Legian, Seminyak and Ubud, where the package may be lighter, for example breakfast and dinner rather than every meal and drink.

Is Luxury Escapes or Booking.com better for a Bali all-inclusive?

They suit different trips. Luxury Escapes sells curated packages with inclusions such as daily breakfast, credits or transfers, and its LuxPlus+ members get member-only prices. Booking.com lets you search all-inclusive stays across Bali and filter by meal plan, and its free Genius programme gives discounts on select stays. Compare the same resort, room and dates on both, then go through ShopBack before you book on the site you chose.

What is the cheapest month for an all-inclusive in Bali?

Prices move with demand, so the cheaper months are usually in Bali's wet season outside Christmas, New Year and Easter, such as February and March, and the quieter weeks either side of Australian school holidays. Wikipedia notes Bali's west monsoon runs from about October to April with the heaviest rain from December to March, and that fewer tourists visit then. Check flexible-date prices for your resort before you lock in dates.

How much does Booking.com Genius save on Bali resorts?

According to Booking.com, Genius is free, with Level 1 members getting 10% discounts on select stays, Level 2 getting 10 to 15% after 5 bookings in 2 years, and Level 3 getting 10 to 20% after 15 bookings in 2 years. Discounts apply to the price before taxes and charges, and only at participating properties, so look for the Genius label on the Bali listing.

What is LuxPlus+ on Luxury Escapes?

LuxPlus+ is Luxury Escapes' paid travel club. According to Luxury Escapes, members get member-only prices, early access to popular offers and added inclusions such as hotel credit or daily breakfast on some stays. Luxury Escapes listed 646 hotels in Indonesia with member prices at the time of writing. It is worth it mainly if you book with Luxury Escapes more than once a year.

Do I have to pay the Bali tourist levy on an all-inclusive package?

The levy is generally charged per foreign visitor and is separate from your resort or package price. At the time of writing it was IDR 150,000, according to the Bali provincial government's Love Bali site, which is also where to check the current amount and how to pay it before you travel.

How does ShopBack lower the cost of a Bali resort booking?

Before you check out on Luxury Escapes or Booking.com, open that store's page on ShopBack Australia and go through to the site. You still book on the site you chose, and after the stay is completed and confirmed, cash comes back to your ShopBack account. For example, on a $3,000 package at an illustrative 4%, $120 comes back, so the trip effectively costs $2,880. Check the live rate on the store's ShopBack page.

Can I use a member price and go through ShopBack on the same Bali booking?

Often, but it depends on the site's terms. Member prices that show after you sign in are usually part of the normal booking, while some promo codes found outside ShopBack can stop an order from qualifying. Check the merchant's terms on its ShopBack page before you apply a code.

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Disclaimer

The views in this article are those of the author. Resort inclusions, package terms, member programmes, cancellation policies and government levies are set by each resort, booking site and authority, were correct at the time of writing, and can change without notice. Rates on ShopBack vary by store and over time; check the current rate on each store's ShopBack page before you book. This article is general information only and is not financial or travel advice.