About Bali Luxury Life

Who we are

Bali Luxury Life is an independent publication about the expensive decisions of living in Bali: home, staff, travel and family. We publish buying guides and the Bali Price Index, a set of published prices gathered in one place, each with its source and the date we read it.

We are not owned by, and do not act for, any company we write about. As of November 2026, no company has paid to appear in a guide. Payment never changes what a page says.

Who it is for

Villa owners and wealthy long-stay residents in Bali. People about to spend real money on a home, staff, travel or their family, who want facts before they pay.

It is not a travel site. We do not write about restaurants, bars, beach clubs or hotels.

What makes it different

Our own numbers. Every price and fact here has a source and the date we read it. Today these come from what providers and public bodies publish themselves. Later we will add prices that providers quote to us when we ask openly, as a publisher.

We never rate companies, never copy reviews, and never write anything negative about a named company. Lists are alphabetical. See How we get our numbers.

How we are funded

Flat fees from sponsors and featured companies, always labelled "Sponsored" or "Paid placement". We take no commission on anything a reader buys, and we never sell, buy or swap links. Payment never changes a fact, a listing or the order of a list. Schools and health pages are never sponsored and never ranked. See Advertise.

How it is made

Bali Luxury Life is researched and written with AI agents, working under fixed rules. The agents find sources, record each fact with its source and date, and draft the pages. A separate fact-checking pass, by an agent that did not write the page, checks every sentence against the recorded facts. A person approves each page before it goes live.

The rules do not change from page to page:

• Every fact has a source and a date. If it cannot be sourced, it is left out.
• Nothing is copied. No pasted text, reviews, ratings or photos.
• We never write as a customer. No reviews, testimonials or star ratings.
• Nothing negative about a named company or person.
• We describe organisations, never their owners or staff by name.
• Paid items are labelled, and payment changes nothing else.
• When unsure, we publish less.

The weekly email

One email every Thursday: a new guide, a price from our index, a few news items that matter to residents, and at most one labelled sponsor.

How to reach us

Our contact address is not published yet. If you find a mistake, see Corrections for what to send and what we do with it.