if foreigners already feel Bali is getting more and more expensive, imagine what locals & domestic tourists feel 😅

People like you changed it you put your money into a country and then youre surprised it changed. You constantly would show how bali is awesome then youre surprised that theyre are more tourist !

You promoted the hell out of it and now you shocked 🤣😂🤣😂

Bottom line: When you find paradise, don't advertise it.

As an Australian, Bali is/was a popular holiday destination for families especially for those that love the beach and are into surfing. Flights used to be so cheap, and you could stay at a 5 star resort for less than $80 a night. Now it's so expensive and unaffordable, and I wish I travelled more back in the days before Instagram, KZfaq, Facebook, Digital Nomads, Covid even existed.. that was the real Bali back then! :(

So you guys basically made it difficult for the locals to afford to live in their own home? Good job guys. 👍🏻

I lived there with an Indonesian scholarship in 2013-14 in Canggu, 500m from the beach, spent around 300$/month altogether for rent, phone, scooter, and eating out every day!!! (Never cooked at home), partying, clothes, yoga, dance, singing 3-4 times a week. Travels were extra. It was extremely cheap back then. I loved it! :)

My wife and I moved to Bali in 2019 and got to experience that nostaglic time you mentioned. It was amazing! Since then, we moved back to the States and now we have a 2 year old. We look forward to hopefully moving back in 5 years when these growing pains are a thing of the past. I would love to raise my daughter in a much more peaceful and welcoming place.

Visiting Bali can be nice. Lived the for 5 years and honestly it was nothing like before...so I had to move out. Not just because prices were way higher but because it feels the island doesn't have the same magic. Of course if you go to places like Amed or Lovina you will be alone, but then everything around Canggu and the Bukit is western and for westerners. Gyms, yoga, spas, restaurants, clubs, partys, etc. Where is the culture? Where are the locals? Just working for us bules? It feels terrible. And of course I love to go to different restaurants every night, but when it's too much it's too much. Also the audacity of some people living there now...honestly. Rudeness, not following the rules, being nasty towards locals. It's unbelievable. Found myself being more angry than happy because of those things 😕

seeing Bali today is more and more foreign tourists who come and live in Bali (which is good), but I as Indonesian felt foreign in my own country 😅

This is what happens when sustainable tourism is not promoted and local governments do not put restrictions into what expacts can do in countries like this. As a Portuguese citizen I can say that the exact same thing is happening here. Food prices skyrocketed, rent prices are already among the highest in Europe, locals can't afford to live in the cities or downtowns anymore, local culture is slowly disappearing, portuguese language is not the main language that you hear when you're walking the streets, and many more examples that I could write here. Social media platforms and travel based influencers had a big slice of responsability on this. Everybody is constantly promoting a country because of its beauty, of its people and so on, but never talk about the sustainable ways that you could visit or even live in a foreign country without destroying its local economy and culture. The future path of countries like these is already written and we have some examples in prior locations that suffered a boom in tourism before. What happened to that places? Prices kept getting higher and higher that eventually it was not worth anymore to visit or live there, so a lot of hotels, villas, restaurants and other businesses were doomed to close and were just abandoned, transforming a place that was once known for its tourism into ghost towns. Christian, I follow your work since 2016 and me and my girl love it but we can also affirm that if travel based influencers do not change the way they promote all these locations, every gem location in this planet will be destroyed in a matter of a few years. Governments won't do much because they will always seek for those fast tax returns, but they tend to forget that those tax returns won't last long. If you are willing to make a change and create a more conscious approach to travel, me and my girl are willing to help you and who knows, be part of your amazing project and start a change in this industry before it is too late. I know you are conscious and an empathic guy that can not sleep well when problems like this one start to get very very serious, in fact, one of your major businesses might be in danger as well unfortunately. I hope you can read my words and think about them 🙏

You're a victim of your own success man. You've definitely helped to grow Bali. You're the main reason I plan to head there this winter. I appreciate all your vids

To be honest you put your effort to promote this island for other people as well. So price increase and traffics and changes are the results of what you are doing as well.

There has been a huge influx of moneyed expats into Bali the last few years, including yourself. In a few of your videos several months ago you covered your building of your hotel. If you get lots of expats investing lots of money and more and more people being drawn in by the hype then everything is going to cost more and continue to increase in cost. As long is there continues to be high demand like there currently is then supply vs demand will continue to push up costs.

You are really up there knowing what many people want to know in terms of content! Especially people like us who have visited in the past, didn't happen to visit since and know of the increase in demand for Bali in the last years and wish to have knowledge of how things are now! Mbravo, all the best again!!

Bali is amazing place. I appreciate the detailed breakdown of all the best places to visit and things to do in Bali and very proud of your accomplishments to partake in different cultures around the world.

We were in Bali in 2019, and it was one of our best adventures. Thanks for the update!

Interesting video - thanks for sharing. I've been visiting Bali since the early 1990s, visiting a few times a year. And yes it's changed a lot over time. I talk to my older friends who were visiting/ living there back in the late 60s and 70s, and they have some wild stories to tell - but still their experience was FAR DIFFERENT than anything I experienced, or that we experience today. Bali is an evolving place - change is inevitable. That said, I have a lot of local friends there and your very neutral tone of the change with Russian folks arriving is not how my local friends have expressed their feelings of the influx. They feel many of the new arrivals are arrogant and rude - treating them like servants or slaves. So a quick PSA: when visiting Bali - please be kind. Please be considerate. Please don't be rude and treat anyone poorly. You don't do any of us non-locals any favors by being a jerk. Thanks in advance for your consideration. 🙂

Hi Christian Thanks for sharing this video. Love the exceptional editing and story telling. I last visited Bali in 2016-17 and enjoyed it.

Superb video Christian, Bali definitely has changed a lot but it still is a magical place with the most incredible people🥰 We'll continue to go back and with some luck, have a home there just like you one day 🙂

Just got back last week. This video is soft. It doesn't really convey the choking traffic. Or sitting in over crowded cafes where every table filled with Russians, restaurant staff are overwhelmed and you wait almost an hour for a coffee. instragram spots are mob scenes, people waiting for hours to take a picture. Lines and lines of vans shuttling you around Nusa Penida for pictures!? It was crazy and really unpleasant. He didn't cover Ubud, it took us an hour to get across town (less than a kilometer / on a scooter)! We went East, not great there either. We did find some solace above Lovina in a the North. The spirit and beauty I enjoyed before COVID, it is gone. Gone. We were there during this year's rainy and low season. I want to send big heart blessings to anyone attempting to go during the high season this summer. My recommendation? Cancel your trip. Can an island melt down? It is going to be a nightmare this year. You've been warned. 😮😢 We couldn't wait to leave.

Bro...I lived in Bali for 18 months back in 1996. Seminyak used to be ground zero for expats, Canngu was just a tiny village back then with endless fields of rice paddies that i'd pass by on my way to surf out there. Listening to this video and seeing the bits....I feel so lucky to have lived and experienced it back in the day. I still have some friends that live there, they told me it has been spoiled long before COVID hit - paradise lost!

I went to Bali in 2019 and I bet it's changed a lot since then. Love this video. Great breakdown. I prefer these type of videos from you, thanks man.

Thanks for the info! Very helpful. Won’t make it there this year since we have plans to spend the summer in Alaska then Florida for the winter but hopefully next year we can visit. Have fun out there and stay safe ✌🏼

Perfect timing... Can't wait to fly there in a week! I'll be staying a 1/3 of my time at LCH! Looking forward.

man you make really high quality videos appreciate you thank you

@theproductivenomad 4 months ago I went to Bali in 2019 and I bet it's changed a lot since then. Love this video. Great breakdown. I prefer these type of videos from you, thanks man.

I’m genuinely curious about how Balinese people feel about foreigners buying land and building. Can you do a video focusing on that aspect? Besides digital nomads, do you provide any services/opportunities to the Balinese people/community?

funfact: influencers like you, who sold bali to the world for years, are the main reason for the high demand and therefor a major factor for the price increases 😏

I LOVE this island. As usual, great information!

We just spent 3 weeks there and it cost WAY more than we thought it was going to be! I loved Bali and it was a dream destination for so long...but a little overrated... probably don't need to go back. But driving through Ubud in the rice fields on the little back roads might be one of the most magical things we have ever done!

As always very precise and clear, my wife and I planed to go in bali next year for the second time so those info are very useful. I hope that we can also find some "cheap" place to stay for two weeks. Thanks a lot for sharing!

Man amazing video very deep explanations thank you alot mate

Thank you for the great details.

Thanks for the insight, Christian. I arrived in Bali in March 2020 right before the pandemic was declared. It was a strange time to be there, and I’ve often thought about going back under more “normal” circumstances. It’s helpful to know what to expect.

Everyone watching KZfaqrs promote Bali during the 2 to 3 years of Covid has led to this huge influx of demand now that travel restrictions have lifted. The whole world wants to move to Bali. It's quite ironic and sad that KZfaqrs have ruined it for themselves and others. Hopefully, the demand slows down substantially soon and Bali returns to something close to what it was in 2019 before the pandemic.

I love how you respect the cultures, thank you so much ❤

Thanks bro for loving Bali so much. You always promote Indonesia. ❤

I first traveled to Bali in 2015 too and returned this year and I couldn't believe how much Canggu has changed. It was kind of sad but I still enjoyed myself. I suppose like every other popular tourist hot-spot it's never as good as the first time you experience it. I felt the same way when I returned to Thailand.

U’re my vlogging guru man! ❤️ love from PAKISTAN

Great video! thank you for sharing.

Great video, love Bali, was there in 2000, hope to visit someday, beautiful place, locals are really nice and good people

You have to go to Ivory Coast , Namibia Tanzania , Seychelles , the Mauritius too. Love your content

One thing I want to correct in the video. It's definitely not true that the cost of cooking at home is the same as in the restaurants. You can get fresh produce at the local markets for cheap!

Great Video! Thank you. As an Australian entertaining an ex-pat life in Bali this was useful. I like what you're creating with "Lost Creator House" and definitely interested in connecting moving forward. An FYI on Rosetta stone link in the middle of video. They don't offer Indonesian at anything above a rudimentary level through their site. Thought that might be useful to note given Indo is the main language spoken in Bali. Thanks again

Incredible update, packed with great info. Reminds me of Hawaii getting more and more expensive to where locals are priced out.

I moved to bali in 2021 and canggu was completely empty with no one on the road when you go to a restaurant for lunch, now days I completely avoid canggu bc of it's insane traffic jam's! I moved to Pererrnan as its also in development right now but still not as bad as canggu.

I think if people choose the right time to travel to Bali before the summer peak it will seriously give them a better attitude to Bali’s because like April & May or September & October

thanks for the insights

Amazing, Outstanding work

I lived there recently for just under two months. No one can pay me to live in Canggu. I had to venture out to other places which were not infested with rude, nasty, foreigners/tourists (specially Russians) to have a good time and experience the culture and beauty of this magic island. I hope they cancel the VOA for Russians as the discussions are under way for that.

Hard to believe the rapid change growth there. Our popular spots for foreigners here in the Philippines now far behind which is known for remote work digital nomads several years ago. at least, no excessive traffic and price increase. Well deserved by Indonesia though, they grew and improved just everywhere. They're a huge economy for several years now

Loved your video

Everyone flocks to paradise. Paradise lost. It's beautiful there and I'm glad you're able to enjoy it! Great info. Thanks!

I went there in 2019. It was such a great time.

It's like people can't help but replicate the Western comfort they ran from to live the Bali experience. Then all of a sudden Bali isn't exotic anymore, just another crowded place. Which destination will get westernized next?

Great video! Thank you.

A very informative video. Thank you.

Definitely was looking for a video like this! We can def expect prices to continue to rise in Bali.

This is extreme. I'm literally in Bali right now living in a two bedroom place with kitchen and Aircon (bills included) near Ubud for $20 a night and eating (out or in, it is the same price) for $7.50 a day. Yes you can pay more.....but the same is true anywhere on Earth. A lovely meal out in an international food restaurant a few days ago cost me $15 for that one meal. It's is all about choice and Bali still has options for all budgets.

Very well done video!!!!

Great video''this gave me an idea of the lifestyle there❤😊

Bali first time 1997. No restaurants on beach at Jimbaran two on other side of the road, amazing seafood, lads climbed a tree for coconuts to make us a cocktail Sorry you never experienced real Bali. Nigel and Yani Mason could say the same about me. Yanis bar awesome.. That was when the world was a simpler place and people spoke with each other not text messages. Think you don't understand what you have missed. Must add it was dear to fly then. Cost 3k with flights for and rooms for 8 days for 2 pax.

If you live like locals, cooked your own food, buy your ingredients in local market, and live in modest place, with kitchen and bathroom, you would only need $500-600 a month. Most probably way less than that.

Amazing information

Lovely information!!

I’ll go to Bali next week and I’m starting making content (you are one of my inspiration to create content) I saw the Lost Creator House and I really want share the ideas and meet great people with the same vision, if you want to be a shark hang out with sharks 😃 I already sent the request to stay and I hope I can have this opportunity to go there 💪🏻 Keep working! Your content is amazing!!

Bali is an ideal place to purifing and relaxing our soul, mind and body. Its a place to get closer to your sprituality, nature and kindness of people. With those qualities, its understood what to offer come with such price. Although foreigners might find the beach and scenary in Bali is similar to those in Thai and Philipine, but Bali is in different catagory of uniqueness and elegance. As Indonesian, we were hurt badly recently by rude and uncivilizad foreign tourist who disrespect and put dirt in our gem island. Hope the higher price in Bali can filter the garbage tourists from coming in.

Informative 🔥🔥

Great info

crazy how a place changes when tourists start to find out about it also great video really entertaining and informative

For digital nomads who wants an experience similar for maybe less money and in Europe: try the Canary Islands

I first traveled to Bali in 2015 too and returned this year and I couldn't believe how much Canggu has changed. It was kind of sad but I still enjoyed myself. I suppose like every other popular tourist hot-spot it's never as good as the first time you experience it. I felt the same way when

Developing, developing, developing, building, building, more more more.... Yeah... for sure sounds awesome.

Man, here are the budget travel videos I need and love. Keep these types of videos going!

Super informative, thanks for sharing! ☺️

thank you for the information

I love folks who jump right in and start narrating. ❤ Intros. are only interesting to the uploaders but jot to the beholders.

Thank you. We are planning to go to Bali this summer for 1 months 😅 and we were looking where to rent a villa and I checked different places like Seminyak, Nusa Dua. We are thinking about Canggu right now since we need to work remotely and we need some restaurants and life around us. After watching your video about the traffic I have some doubts about Canggu. We are family with kids so we will need a car and spending time a traffic could be very annoying 😅 thank you so much for the video and I subscribed for the tour guide 🤙🏻🤙🏻

Hope you have realized that you have contributed to all these changes! :)

great video, I've always considered living somewhere in Indonesia. This gave me an idea of the lifestyle there. 😇

Very Informative video, makes a lot of sense as living here too! Just want to ask how did you do the mapping graphics? pretty cool!

I'm here right now and was talking to my friends about all the points you made in this video. It's so much more expensive than I remember. The traffic is insane. And it feels like there are more foreigners than locals. But I do disagree with the airport arrival. Immigration was crazy and I stood in line for 1.5 hours.

Broo I’m moving to Kuta the end of august 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Wow it's fantastic 😍😍

Amazing video

I watched a documentary about how the local people are being forced to move into the outskirts, losing seafront properties, their homes because hotels and investors are buying up premium land because of the booming tourism industry. At what cost though? Price of living has been driven up to the point that locals struggle to afford a comfortable life in their own country. Tourism is a double edged sword.

We just came from 8 months in the Philippines, life was super cheap and easy and here we are in Bali for the summer. time will tell which is pricier now. Great video! 800 vids online is a huge accomplishment! our little channel with 50 has some major goals now! Way to go bro. keep it up!

I don't know if you read your comments but thanks for the update, i'm heading that way next February (or March)

$40/day on food? Woah! As a single guy who eats really good, I probably spend $40 a week in Michigan.

Very nice tour 👍

Awesome view from your videos

this is expected, if youtubers and influencers go there, then all people will follow and create more demand and higher prices.. you are actually driving this by your videos!

Well pointed out the current issues in Bali. Just Canggu is sick, were in Pererenan, it was still ok. But Canggu and Ubud is so overcrowded, it is not even high season. Can not quite understand the Bali hype and I have never seen so many superficial people in one place.

Wonderful collection

Beautiful video

Funnily enough videos like these make the prices go up as more tourists go there lol

Great honest video 🙏👏🙌

Amazing 😍😍

Information is great about places