In Reply to: Driver that can take a lot of people! posted by gillb on Monday, 28. January 2008 at 12:59 Bali Time:
Hi we had some problems with Wayan so we were not too happy. His van was old and not comfy - seats had very little stuffing in some and we had to jam 3 kids onto a seat built for 2. They were not happy and comfort is a big issue when you are doing long day trips.
The Balinese seem to feel squeezing a few more in is not a problem but some of my family have large rears so we needed vans that could fit 7 comfortably. Now you need to ask the question is does it seat 7 and a driver or is it 6 and driver, and the answer is not always true. Ask what sort of car they drive and how many seats and how old and google it so you can see how many seats it may have. We had 7 of us and some days 8 so we needed a bigger van. We found a guy called "jacky' who had an 11 seater so that worked fine for us especially on the return trips when most wanted space to fall asleep.
Email me if you want details / phone no's etc.
Like i said im my JBR its a hot place and so you want more than just a nice person you want the van to be great too both in A/C and comfort.
cheers Deb