In Reply to: rent a car or use a driver posted by jsegal on Friday, 23. March 2007 at 22:19 Bali Time:
themselves and yet give advice about how you should never drive. Comment on your own experiences of employing a driver sure, but to give comment and warnings on something you have never tried is just total uninformed b*llsh*t. And to the appeal of how the drivers will miss out on income if you drive yourself, whenever you spend money on whatever you choose to spend it on some benefit and others dont. Yes *a* driver wont get your money but someone else will.
I have driven myself, hired a driver, taken taxis, travelled by public and tourist bus and taken tours. All have their merits or not and preference will be purely personal depending on your circumstances and needs. All have an element of risk and most an element of 'danger'.
But if you havent tried it dont discredit driving yourself as an option and dont try and persuade others because of some third person rumoured or preconceived ideas that you might have.