In Reply to: Porters and money? posted by Barbs on Thursday, 7. April 2005 at 08:00 Bali Time:
Very happy with them - one suitcase each and I paid them 5,000 Rp each. No problem and they even got us ahead of the customs line, just pushed in front of everyone else. So that was well worth using them. I found it hassle free and they did not ask for a certain amount of money, I just gave them the notes and that was it.
There are money changers before you head out the door at the airport, after going through customs, however they will probably only give you 50,000 Rp notes! So I would give the porter a gold coin for each suitcase if I didn't have the smaller Rp change.
I wil use them again, as they got us ahead of the line and the customs guys didn't look at us at all, we we were using the porters.
Good luck!