In Reply to: Hidden extras with driver and car?? posted by gbuk on Thursday, 13. January 2005 at 00:19 Bali Time:
Was also the most expensive!! The guy who is on standby actually in the Kumala Pantai reception area has a fixed price of Rp.50,000 per hour. I thought, yeah right but he seemed nice and it was just a short trip anyway but he was the best in 20+ trips to Bali. He owned the car which was 6 months old and spoke absolutely flawless English because he had worked in Melbourne for 6 months in his younger days. He is a very intelligent man who knows heaps of cultural stuff, a really positive experience.
Of course an eight hour trip with him would be Rp.400,000 while the usual rule of thumb would be Rp.250,000 for a full day and Rp.150,000 for half a day but even so in future I would direct any newbies in the hotel to him for 1 trip to find their feet and it would be well worth the approx. $60 in my opinion.