So glad to be back in Singapore and out of Bali. This incident in our villa in Bali has to be made known even though I do not usually post about such matters on my social media platforms. For the safety of everyone, please share our experience. We booked this villa via @agoda.
❌DO NOT stay at Jimbaran Seaview Villa ❌
Yesterday, we found out that some of our money (~SGD1000 worth) was missing. When we asked the security, helpers and butlers who were staying in the villa with us the entire time, all of them (obviously) denied that they had stolen our money.
When we talked to the villa’s manager Ms Ari Wartini, not only did she blindly sided her staff she also raised her voice at us and was being very rude. She was also very quick to respond by asking us to claim insurance and threatened us that there is no point reporting police because she’s “good friends” with them and if we blow the matter up, we “may not be able to leave this country”. It is their modus operandi – to trick unsuspecting tourists to their villa and work collectively to steal from them then gang up and threaten you with their “good relations” with the police.
On advice of a local Balinese, we packed up quickly and left for a hotel as the situation could become dangerous for us due to the dilapidated and not easily accessible location where the villa is situated.
We were also unable to make a police report despite heading to THREE DIFFERENT POLICE STATIONS. We don’t know why but it seemed that they are pre-informed about rejecting our case via our driver (who was from the villa).
We highly suspect that this has happened before so please share with your friends and do not stay at Jimbaran Seaview Villa for your own safety.
Source: Tricia Ong
