In Reply to: Taking Money to Spend in Bali posted by margiebaby on Tuesday, 16. September 2008 at 14:36 Bali Time:
Take cash, most hotels, villas etc have personal safes in the room and you set your own combination. Just make sure all the notes are good quality with no rips tears or folds. They dont change any form of damaged or mutilated bank notes.
We generally take the cash in $50s or $100s and change $100 at a time, it makes it very easy that way to calculate and check your money.
Also stick to the licenced money changers or Kodak shops for additional protection. There are many, many unlicenced money changers who will be offering above the standard rate but beware of rip offs or undisclosed "commission" if you try any of them. Play it safe and you will have no problems at all.