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Does anyone know if Thai Baht can be exchanged at a reasonable rate in Bali? What about Thai visa cards can they be used also?

We are planning a trip later this month, so any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

[theoldgit]

I have been told that you can change Baht but that you don't get a very competitive rate, I will be taking US Dollars.

I would have thought that a Thai banks Visa card would be acceptable as they are in any country I have tried so far, certainly hope so as I am also going later in the month.

This is my earlier post about cash http://www.thaivisa....li-t310315.html

Edited by theoldgit, 2009-11-07 16:31:31.

[mixed]

Thanks for the help and link. I noticed on your thread, some ppl felt that using an ATM was a better option. Did you do any research on this? All things being equal, an ATM is preferable as it doesn't require carrying cash.

[angiud]

I repeat, if you have a thai ATM card, use that in Bali is a good option. Tons of ATMs everywhere.

[THAILIBAN]

NEVER bring such currency as BAHT to other countries. Change your Baht into EURO or GBP or Aussie$  (that's better than US$ as moneychangers often give worse rate for older or smaller US bills), but do NOT do that at Suvannaphum as since a few months, the rates are WORSE than at BKK downtown for example.

bring some cash to get u through the first 1-2 days, but then use your ATM card to withdraw local currency.
unlike the greedy Thai-Banks, in Indo they don't rip u off with an additional 150 Baht fee or so.
please be aware that ATMs in Indo have different limits due to safety concerns.
so if u r not satisfied with withdrawing just 1.200.000 IDR, try another machine which may give you 1.500.000 or even 2.000.000 if u r lucky (a good chance for that in Bali as it is a tourist destination and many foreigners intend to withdraw larger amounts, and the banks often allow withdrawals of larger amounts than anywhere else in Indo)

[mixed]

Thanks for the replies, we checked at the Bangkok and were told they charge 100B for using the card overseas.

[theoldgit]

I have just returned from Bali and the the advice about using an ATM was the best.

On using my ATM to withdraw local cash I got a rate of 278 Rupiah to 1 Baht, as has been mentioned before there is a charge of 100 Baht per transaction, so on a withdrawal of 1m Rupiah that equated to a rate of 268 Rupiah for 1 Baht.

The money changers varied a fair bit but were mostly in the region of 220 to the Baht, though I did notice that one changer was only giving 100.

[BWPattaya]

theoldgit, on 2009-11-21 12:25:24, said:

The money changers varied a fair bit but were mostly in the region of 220 to the Baht, though I did notice that one changer was only giving 100.

Yes, I was in Bali last week and saw someone offering 100 to the Thai Bt. At the airport they were giving omly 200 to the Thai Baht.

Just for information, have 10 US Dollars ready for your entry visa. They will accept AUS D as well. You wrote "we are going to Bali". If a Thai goes there is no payment for the visa on entry.

[angiud]

10 $ for a 7 days entry, 25 $ for a 30 days entry. You can pay with Euro, yen and some more country.

The rate you can get with a thai debit/atm card was a little less than 300 Idr for 1 Thb. This year is going little down, so i guess 278 Idr is right.

Remember the 100 baht fee for an ATM withdrawal.

[jombom]

angiud, on 2009-11-21 15:50:10, said:

10 $ for a 7 days entry, 25 $ for a 30 days entry. You can pay with Euro, yen and some more country.

I did not have any of these currencies with me, and had quite a hassle to bypass visa, passport control etc etc to be allowed access to an ATM. Basically had to leave all my bags with security and get an armed escort. It all took quite a lot of time.