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To fly to Indonesia for one week

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OrangeCrushes · 06/07/2025 23:55

We will only have one week for our honeymoon, in early April next year. IABU to fly to Indonesia (from London) for this very short period?

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OrangeCrushes · 07/07/2025 11:04

Wolfpinkola · 07/07/2025 00:32

I would honestly pick somewhere else.
what draws you to Indonesia?

Warm weather, "exotic" (as in, not European, different culture, different food), availability of luxurious resorts with things like private plunge pools and lovely spas in a forested area.

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Growlybear83 · 07/07/2025 01:53

In terms of the jet lag, I flew to Australia for a week and it wasn’t as bad as I’d expected. We landed early morning and I had a long nap in the afternoon , but was find for the rest of the time I was there. It caught up with me when I got home again.

GoldDuster · 07/07/2025 01:49

If you're looking for a relaxing time I woudn't, that's a hell of a lot of travel faff. Ubud was beautiful years ago, but the coast is unrecognisable now due to development. Not worth it I don't think.

daisydotss · 07/07/2025 01:35

I done it in 8 in Feb with my 14 month old, pregnant! Didn't feel too short etc.

Second time there, echo previous poster it has went downhill since covid unfortunately.

cariadlet · 07/07/2025 01:34

I really wouldn't. I don't mind a long haul flight but Indonesia is VERY long. We went years ago. I remember getting as far as Malaysia (which we had been to on a previous holiday and which had seemed a pretty long flight) and my heart sinking because we still had another flight to go.

It was still worth it but that's because we went for a month and travelled around, visiting a few different islands. I wouldn't do it for a week.

alwayscrashinginthesamecar1 · 07/07/2025 00:36

I really wouldn't go all that way for such a short time (and I love Bali, but its only a 4 hour trip for me). I would spend the money on going somewhere closer and upgrading my hotel/experiences. But I live in Perth and going to Bali is like going to Spain or Portugal, its not thought of as fancy (although it can be as fancy as you like).

alexisccd · 07/07/2025 00:34

If you are going to do it, fly business class to phuket and stay at the Slate. I think that is doable - better if you can stretch to 7 nights there.

suburberphobe · 07/07/2025 00:32

Oh god yes, the traffic is awful and that was 2013 when I was there.

Wolfpinkola · 07/07/2025 00:32

I would honestly pick somewhere else.
what draws you to Indonesia?

CraftyNavySeal · 07/07/2025 00:31

What about the Maldives instead? Still 10 hours but much closer

herbalteabag · 07/07/2025 00:29

I probably wouldn't, the flight is quite long. I went for 3 weeks a long time ago and wouldn't personally be up for doing it twice within such a short time. Also got quite bad jet lag on the way back, although it should have been worse on the way there apparently!

Appalonia · 07/07/2025 00:29

Having recently been in Thailand, it took me 5 days to get over the jetlag ( I was there for 6 weeks, partly because of that ), I m not sure it's such a good idea! Can you not go for 2 weeks? Is there not somewhere lovely closer you could go instead?

Crushed23 · 07/07/2025 00:26

OrangeCrushes · 07/07/2025 00:08

@Crushed23 we are thinking of Bali. The trip would probably involve leaving on Sunday, then getting on our flight home on Sunday as well.

Sunday-Sunday wouldn’t be worth it, given length of flight, plus I think there are no/very few direct flights to Bali? You’d get no more than 6 days there in total.

S0upertrooper · 07/07/2025 00:23

Have you been to Bali before or anywhere else in Indonesia? Bali has gone downhill since covid sadly, and the traffic is horrendous. I think a week is pushing it tbh. I live in SE Asia, so Bali is an easy trip for me and so many people I know have stopped going. If you haven't been before, it's a long way to go to be disappointed. What about Sri Lanka, it's a bit closer?

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OrangeCrushes · 07/07/2025 00:08

@Crushed23 we are thinking of Bali. The trip would probably involve leaving on Sunday, then getting on our flight home on Sunday as well.

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Crushed23 · 07/07/2025 00:02

Depends where? I spent 2 weeks in Bali a couple of years ago and think it could be done in a week if you pick just a couple of places. So you could do 4 days in Ubud and 4 days in Canggu.

If you only have a week and you want to go to Asia, go somewhere you can fly direct. Also, if you can afford it, go in business class so you can do an overnight flight and sleep on the plane. So you could fly out Friday night after work, and fly home the following Sunday, giving you 8 nights there.

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