In Reply to: He'd be a VERY happy driver if he got... posted by MargaritaMan on Saturday, 26. January 2008 at 17:19 Bali Time:
efficient and fixed the system is and I know from 10 years experience of it. Drivers often come back next day to collect their share and their guests will almost never know a deal has been arranged in Balinese. For the uninitiated the daily driver fee is usually only the licence for them to make money all day. One came to us recently and paid 200.000 to buy flowers for the Russian couple he had brought in to ensure they went again next day - they had spent several thousand US$ in the day and he would have made 1000 at minimum. Get a taxi to take you to a restaurant or spa and the driver will get anything from 10-40% of the charge. This is the system in Bali and drivers are among the most astute business people you will meet there - most unwise to patronise them.