‘Nightmare’: Australian influencer’s Bali holiday ruined by construction workers

An Australian influencer has opened up about her experience staying at a luxury villa in Bali, describing it as her “worst nightmare”.

An Australian plus-size model has taken to social media to blast her Bali accommodation, after finding it unsuitable for her content-creation needs.

Blogger CurvySam on Wednesday posted a video to her TikTok account, detailing what she’s described as her “worst nightmare”.

“Honestly, I feel like crying,” she says she she starts filming herself poolside in a villa booked through Airbnb.

“I’ve just got into my accommodation, whilst the photos are beautiful, next door is a construction site with non privacy.”

She pans the camera up to show large black tarps covering a building next door in the process of being built.

Australian plus-size model and TikTokker CurvySam has slammed a Balinese Airbnb villa she's staying in because of neighbouring construction.

She claims the noise makes it impossible for her to film content, which was the purpose of booking the villa.

“Stuff has fallen in the pool from the construction site,” CurvySam said, visibly beginning to get a little upset.

“This is going for 7.30 in the morning until 5pm. I’m here in this villa to shoot content, to talk on camera, and I can’t do that.”

She goes into detail about how the two nights in the villa cost more than her other nine days spent on the Indonesian holiday island combined, and how she’s saved while starting a new business.

Construction noise can be heard throughout the video. Ironically, she chose to film at the villa because of construction going on next door to her Brisbane apartment.

@curvysam Honestly, this is my worst nightmare. It’s a beautiful remote location and it’s not the owners fault and it’s not the workers fault. Unfortunately this is just how things are in Bali. I looked on Google Maps, I read all of their reviews. The Villa Manager is so wonderful and so apologetic. I just really needed this mental reprieve, and to have some quiet. Plus I planned to film video contant, you all know I love chatting to the camera. These two nights have cost me more than my entire 9 days in Bali so far. Sigh. #balivilla#baliaccomodation#baliconstruction♬ original sound - CurvySam ~ Plus Size Fashion

“[Construction workers] keep looking over and watching me. I’ve said hello, but this is not what I wanted,” she said.

“It’s a beautiful remote location and it’s not the owners fault and it’s not the workers fault,” she wrote in the video description.

In a follow-up video, CurvySam said the villa manager has gone “above and beyond,” apologising, speaking to the construction crew, and providing her with times they will take breaks.

@curvysam Replying to @Jessie Ann if I was here on a holiday, I would definitely pack up and leave immediately. But I have packages and samples being delivered throughout the day. A photographer coming at 7 am. And another at 3pm plus all my stock has been prepped and is here. I just don’t have it in me to move. The manager has been wonderful, gone above and beyond. He even sent me a video from up on the roof and has spoken to the staff to be careful with the gravel. And mindful about cigarette smoke/yelling loudly. I’m going to be able to get 80% of my work done. But there’s something about this noise that has massively triggered me and put me in a bad headspace because I cop this noise at home as well. I went back through the reviews and in March there was a couple of comments about construction at I assumed it would be done by now. I’m actually dreading having to listen to that noise on Wednesday. Having to listen to it today on the one day I was meant to be relaxing and prepping everything for tomorrow. Sigh. Thanks for listening everyone! It seems a little trivial, I’m just getting to the point where I’m over stimulated, and probably need to step away from Bali. #ba#baliaccomodationa#balivillaa#baliconstruction♬ original sound - CurvySam ~ Plus Size Fashion

CurvySam said she’ll likely film the content on her return to Australia when she visits family in Melbourne.

CurvySam is the founder of the “Aussie curve sisterhood” CurvyAU, and owner of Hilda’s size-inclusive fashion, which sells robes and pyjamas.