Guides

The Bali Compass Guides

A free starter, the complete guide to Bali, and the kit that turns it into your own trip plan in one evening.

Jatiluwih rice terraces below the Batukaru volcanoes, Bali

Written from the ground and dated: visa rules as they stand in September 2026, what a month really costs, and the places we could open one by one before printing them. No fake reviews, no invented prices, and where a figure could not be sourced the guide says so.

01 / Free

Bali Starter

21 pages. The essentials before you go: when to come, what it costs, how to move around, and the mistakes that cost the most.

02 / Go further

The complete guides

9,99 EUR

Bali Without the Tourist Traps

The complete guide · 91 pages

  • Every area compared: who it suits, who it does not
  • 76 places, each one opens in Google Maps
  • Ten itineraries from 7 to 21 days, with real driving times
  • What to skip, and what things really cost
  • Two layouts: one for your phone, one for a computer or an iPad
Buy the guide

Prices in euros. You can pay in your local currency at checkout.

03 / Look inside

Real pages, not a mock-up

Three pages as they appear on your phone: an area, an itinerary, and the route cards from the kit.

Page of the guide on Canggu and Pererenan, with a beach photo
Where to stay: who each area is for
Page of the guide with the 7-day first-timer itinerary
Itineraries: bases, nights and transfers fixed
Route cards page of the Travel Kit, a table of ten itineraries
Travel Kit: every route on one screen
04 / Before you buy

What you get, and what you do not

Included

  • A PDF laid out for a phone screen, readable offline once saved
  • Every place name opens Google Maps, no app to install
  • Free updates of this edition, announced by email
  • With the kit: the trip planner workbook and the places file for Google My Maps

Not included

  • No bookings: hotels, boats and tickets are yours to choose
  • No printed book
  • No price guarantee: prices are ranges checked in September 2026, and Bali moves
  • Nothing sponsored: no place paid to be in the guide

Written by The Bali Compass team, with AI assistance declared in the guide itself. Every Maps link was opened and checked in September 2026. Some booking links earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. How we work: editorial policy. Refunds and delivery: terms of sale.

05 / Questions

Before you pay

How do I receive it?

By email, a few minutes after payment, with a personal download link valid for thirty days. The kit arrives with three links: the PDF, the workbook and the places file.

Does it work on my phone?

That is what it is made for: one column, large text, no zooming. Save it to Files or Books before you fly and it opens without a connection. Only the Maps links need data.

Do I need Excel for the kit?

No. The workbook opens in Google Sheets, which is free, as well as in Excel and Numbers. The places file imports into Google My Maps, also free.

The site is free. Why pay?

The site answers one question per page. The guide puts every decision of a trip in order, works offline, and adds the ten itineraries, the travel time matrix and every place in one index. The kit then turns it into your own dated plan.

Can I get a refund?

Yes if the file is broken, unreadable or not what this page describes: tell us within fourteen days and we refund in full. Details in the terms of sale.

Guide or kit?

The guide if you like to plan in your own way. The kit if you want the planning done in one evening: pick a route, type your dates, and the budget, days and deadlines are ready.

06 / How these are made

Written the same way as the site

Dated, not evergreen

Every legal, price and season figure carries the date it was checked and the source it came from. A rule that changes is a guide that gets revised, not a page left to rot.

Places we can name

Addresses are opened one by one before they are printed. Where we could not verify something, the guide says so instead of filling the gap.

Revised for free

Buyers are told by email when a meaningful update is published, at no extra cost. Nothing to buy twice.