Where to next after the airlines? How about Bali airport or to use its correct airport code DPS.
DPS can either be a real breeze or a real nightmare depending upon how many planes have landed. So now to our key points:
- VoA – Visa on Arrival, you will need to pay US$25 per person entering Indonesia for a visa, This is paid prior to Immigration/passport control and you can pay in A$, US$ or Rupiah, you will receive change in Rupiah.
- VIP VoA – exactly what it means, you pay a fee to any number of organisations to speed your way through the whole VoA & Immigration process and makes you feel like a VIP. It works spectacularly well when there are huge queues, we have used this service twice and on one occasion we estimate that it saved us a good 60 – 90 minutes. The fees vary and we suggest you Google or Bing VIP VoA, also certain Platinum Credit Cards (MasterCard) offer this service at a much reduced fee.
- Porters – an unusual sight if your a westerner, we use them as it makes getting through the airport easier and smoother – no need to worry about counting bags etc. We normally pay them about Rp10,000 per bag.
- Money changers – there is a row of money changers directly after customs, the rates are not too bad but most people generally have enough Rupiah from the VoA process to pay for a taxi.
- Transfers/Taxis - Outside the terminal is a fixed price taxi stand, prices range from Rp40,000 for Tuban to Rp80,000 for Sanur. Quick easy and a cheap way of getting to your hotel. We don’t know any one who books transfers and we would be concerned about any travel agent that tried to sell transfers.
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