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Bali Basic Bag (Bali SIM Card, Power Adapter, Map, Pool Floatie, Airport to Hotel Transfer) - $9 (& Optional Addons) @ Klook

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I just used this 2 weeks ago for my Bali trip.

Klook sims are good value and convenient- they meet you outside the arrivals gate and set up your phone with the Bali/Indonesian Sim.

This deal is really great as includes airport transfer and power adapter socket set as well!

Price is from $9 as the distance from airport increases cost.

it cost me to $12 to get this package with travel to Sanur.

the sim on its own is usually $9.15.

my return trip from sanur to the airport was $11. - so yeah.

The Klook people are waiting for you at the arrivals with a sign and your name on it. - they set up your phone for you and then whisk you off to your destination. (if you take the toll road then make sure you have Rp13,000 ( ~$1.30) with you.)

when you purchase this package you will need to provide a copy of your passport (photo and name page), a photo of you holding the passport, and your phones IMEI number.

the power socket set includes 3 adapters for various power plugs.

and you get a free 300ml bottle of water (Rp3,000) -bonus - stay hydrated.

the Pool Floatie option is an additional cost AUD 15.80

Additional Sims can be added for AUD 9.05 - you need to provide copy of passport, photo holding passport and IMEI for each additional sim.

current travel requirements for travel for Bali require the install of the Indonesian covid tracking app - PeduliLindungi , you also need your international covid vaccination certificate - I got it from a medicare office (you need to take passport with you), visa on arrival is now available and costs Rp 500.000 ~ AU$51.50.

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  • +49

    Better Bali Pack
    Monkey repealant
    Methanol Detection kit
    Diarrhea Tablets
    Bintang Tshirt

    • +2

      Needs to be a Bintang or Centrelink singlet

      Side note: not super keen on the whole copy of passport and photo + IMEI requirement. Although I do understand why they probably do it to cater to the lowest denominator

      • +4

        You do know that to register a sim in Aus you need the same level of identification, due to our anti-fraud/corruption laws. try buying a phone/sim from BigW, you get asked for all this info.

        • +5

          try buying a phone/sim from BigW, you get asked for all this info.

          i've bought 5 prepaid phones from woolies this year alone. never got asked for ID. the only ID verification i encounter is when i activate a sim card. i don't get asked for the phone's IMEI though

          • @tdw: If its just a phone no, but if you are buying with a simcard which is "active" then it gets registered (including the IMEI) well it used to when i worked there 8 years back.

            • +3

              @natcoso9955: the phones came with an included starter pack sim which you have to activate yourself. i guess they got sick of doing the ID check thing and just passed the buck to the customer to sort out. it was probably 10 years ago at a kmart when i was last ID-checked when buying a $2 sim card with no credit.

        • +3

          It's mainly to deter terrorists from using phones to remotely detonate bombs (no joke)

          • +1

            @x x: Can confirm

        • +3

          Aus carriers don’t ask for IMEI. It’s pointless to do so because the carriers record the IMEI of each call/session anyway, and the SIM isn’t locked to a particular IMEI in Aus

    • +3

      Boogie board?

    • +1

      Better Bogan Bali Pack*

    • +2

      We'll think about it…

  • +7

    Literally at the airport going to Bali reading this :(

  • provide a copy of your passport (photo and name page)…and your phones IMEI number.

    is this a legal requirement?

    • +25

      Optus Hacker: yes it is 🤤🤤

    • +8

      This is the legal requirements. It's especially important to give the phone's (device)IMEI for the phone (device) you are going to use. Otherwise, your device will be blocked.

      • +1

        Someone actually neg me for giving out information which is actually really the Indonesian law? I'm amazed.

      • -1

        okay, interesting. so do klook pass it onto the Indonesian government? do they also retain any of your details at all like optus do?

        i know for Germany (11 years ago since i was last there so laws may have changed) you actually need to be a resident to get a sim but people bypass that by buying sims from train station shops etc.

        • -1

          You'd better make sure the SIM card is working on the spot. You can register yourself. I think this is the website. https://www.beacukai.go.id/register-imei.html

          • @MINKx: it worked and i remember the phone shop guy showed me it was working by calling his own phone from mine.

            • @tdw: yeah, that is what the klook person did when they set up my phone

          • @MINKx: Do i still have to register if i have own prepaid data simcard as it is only data? i have it from simsdirect when they have specials. It covers Bali as well

            • @rjams23: They will block your devices even if it was for data only

            • +2

              @rjams23: From my understanding, Indo gov block foreign mobile to use local sim card without registering. Simsdirect sim's is not a local one

    • +2

      Yes it is a legal requirement. My understanding is that the rule was introduced to combat mobile phone imports that had dodged paying taxes. Side effect is that it impacts tourists; I think there were supposed to be tourist sims to be introduced, but there may still be limited number of places you can purchase these from.

      Your IMEI number gets registered with the government to be whitelisted, so a local sim can work with a phone not purchased in Indonesia.

      If you have used the phone in Indonesia prior to April 2020 it should still work (supposedly)…

      Article in English (more for expats but it gives you some context) :

      https://www.google.com/amp/s/indonesiaexpat.id/amp/outreach/…

      • Do you know if the $500 USD value is based on what I paid for the phone, what it's current RRP is or what it's real value is (ie. they have some formula based on how long you've had it)?

        • +2

          the problem now how about iphone that purchased in AU for personal use. do we declare under or above? it doesn't make sense as we should not pay the duty for being tourist. haven't heard this in other countries

          • @rjams23: I think only in Indonesia. Weird regulation but maybe change if they have new govt.

        • According to this https://balibusinessconsulting.com/how-to-register-imei-phon… for short stay <90 days tax does not need to be paid, but you still need to register your IMEI if you intend to use a local sim card.

          All I've found so far on official ID government website https://www.beacukai.go.id/faq/ketentuan-registrasi-imei.htm… is reference to tourists registering for access for 90 days using a local sim. I haven't yet found where it says tax is exempt for short stays, but to me it would be a reasonable expectation (since you are not staying long term or trying to import to re-sell).

          Courtesy of google translate from the gov website:

          If you only stay temporarily (ex: tourists, business purposes) in Indonesia, does the HKT (mobile phone, handheld computer, tablet) that you carry have to be registered for IMEI?

          IMEI registration is not required, if HKT from overseas used in Indonesia:
          continue to use a SIM card from the country of origin (roaming);
          using an Indonesian SIM card with registration at a telecommunications outlet to get access to telecommunications networks for 90 days.

          As an aside, the requirement for IMEI is the most recent change (Sept 2020), but AFAIK the requirement to register with ID/passport was introduced a couple of years back in Indonesia. According to this website https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3018/timeline-sim… most countries have this requirement in place. I've had to do it (or a relative on my behalf) on my last trip to Indonesia just before the pandemic, and have needed to provide passport details when purchasing a tourist sim in Singapore as well.

          No doubt there are creative people out there who manage to find loopholes and get around these requirements. I'm curious to find out if they did end up introducing proper tourist sims, and if they have some sort of special identification that bypasses whatever IMEI filtering they have set up…

          • @kopisusu:

            As an aside, the requirement for IMEI is the most recent change (Sept 2020), but AFAIK the requirement to register with ID/passport was introduced a couple of years back in Indonesia.

            Thanks for all the info in your comment, much appreciated. I haven't been back since 2019, but my other half is an Indonesian citizen and her brother posted us 1 XL and 1 Telkomsel SIM earlier this year, which he activated for us before posting (using her details). Both SIMs are currently active and roam onto Optus/Telstra in AU, so we'll need to register our IMEI's before we go. If I hadn't have stumbled across this thread, I would have had no idea!

            I was aware of the SIM registration ID requirement, that has been in place for several years now, but the IMEI thing is new to me.
            Hopefully we won't be taxed on the handsets for a <90 day visit, but I will need to make sure those IMEI's are registered before we go.

            I wonder if they will treat her differently, as they may see her as 'returning home with a foreign purchased handset', rather than 'just visiting'. She will after all have a return ticket to AU to show them…
            The Indonesian government like to complicate things, this is certainly not a surprise :)

            • @bonezAU: I found this site that seems to have a pretty good summary - https://come2indonesia.com/how-to-register-the-imei-of-the-m…

              Looks like the IMEI requirement was introduced April 2020 (it was some point while we couldn't travel anywhere lol), and that the proper tourist sims don't require the IMEI registration step (I presume you would still need ID to purchase it though). I assume the sims your brother in law provided are not the tourist ones, so yes you'd need to register your IMEI if you hadn't used the same mobile phone in Indonesia prior.

              No worries with the info! I needed to look into it myself since I'll be travelling there next year :) I hear you on the Indonesian government comment (or more specifically the people implementing them on the ground), hopefully a return ticket (and maybe PR status?) would be sufficient if they ask…

              • @kopisusu: That link is doing my head in even more (not your fault!)
                I was starting to think that it would just be easier to get 2 of the Telkomsel Tourist Cards - both in my name, since citizens can't have them. This would be easier than having to figure out what is required to register the IMEI, which can only be done in stores. The tourist cards can only be purchased in Bali, the problem here is that I do transit through Bali, just don't leave the airport. Where I am going, I would not be able to buy or pick up the Tourist card (as far as I know).

                Previous experience tells me that the people selling Telkomsel SIM's at Denpasar airport jack the prices up, so it becomes a massive PITA to get the Tourist card without leaving the terminal (not an option really). The Klook option is no good either, since it is a data-only SIM. We need to be able to make local calls and send SMS.

                I guess this is going to mean I'll have to fly to Bali, use WiFi at the airport and then catch a connecting domestic flight to Java. Once I am there, find a Telkomsel shop or something that will sell me a SIM and add the IMEI's of our phones to the database?

                Argh what a headf*#!

    • Hi tdw,

      Yep - a legal requirement from the Indonesian Govt!

      Team Klook

  • +4

    copy of your passport (photo and name page), a photo of you holding the passport

    Optus: It is a legal requirement we save your passport information forever. Trust me bro, our security standards and unhackable.

    Hackers: 🤤🤤🤤🤤 Passports

    Muzeeb: Here we go again

  • +2

    What was the carrier of the sim and coverage like?

    • +2

      sim was Axis - coverage was good. no drop outs. but really only went to Sanur/Denpasar and Ubud

      mobile internet was good. better than what I used to have with Optus in North Brisbane

    • Have always found mobile reception to be very decent there and often better than hotel WiFi. Always pick up a local SIM when we go.

      This is a very good deal.

  • -1

    Basic bag for basic (profanity).

    • +1

      Condoms and lube included?

    • Bogans? Bums? Bikini babes?

  • +1

    Good deal considering what's included. Don't know about sending my passport details over like that though. If you're just after a sim check out flexiroam.

    • Bali eshay will sort you out without need of passport info

      Eshaaaaaay

      • Exactly. But if you don't want to deal with eshay, flexiroam.

    • Hey peterg007,

      We hear you. Passport requirements are enforced by Indonesian Govt.

      Team Klook

      • There is always another way

        Team Ozbargain

  • +2

    Is this 9 bucks per person for transport? This is actually damn cheap since, as far as I know, Bali airport won't let gojek/gocar (their ride-sharing companies). And, a regular taxi is notorious for not using meter (price jacking).

    • $9 bucks for up to 4 people. - you are just paying for the vehicle.

      if you have more than 4 people or loads of luggage then you select a different capacity vehicle (the price will increase for that)

      I used Gojek to return to the airport.

      • Yes. They won't block gojek with passangers from outside. Going out of the airport is a different story.

    • +7

      Protip: go up to departures and get a taxi thats dropping off passengers for a normal rate. Alternatively head to the only airport hotel, Novotel, accessible from arrivals, from their lobby you still have airport wifi and can you can order a grab/gojek to get you outside the Novotel's main entrance (also avoids the airport toll)

    • The not using meter thing used to be an issue but seemed to have disappeared in my more recent visits. Metered taxis are terrific value.

    • You can get gojek/grab from both international and domestic. Did it about a month ago.

  • install of the Indonesian covid tracking app - PeduliLindungi

    Peduli Lindugi transliteration is "Care Protect",
    but do you know what this app is for or what it 'does' ?

    is there any QR code scanning before entering premises in Bali?

    • +1

      the app is just like any of the australian covid check in app - i.e. vaccination history, checking in when entering buildings, etc.

      I only checked in once whilst in Bali. and Only 2 large department stores/shopping malls required masks for entry. - they are happy to sell you a mask for 5000Rp.

      At immigration you have to show that you have downloaded the app and also present your international covid vaccination certificate.

      • -1

        Thanks for replying.

      • I really would like to know what is "international covid vaccine certificate?".

        • +1

          here's a link explaining it

          but basically the International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate provides a secure record of vaccinations for people travelling internationally. It’s been developed to meet agreed international travel standards.

      • Do I need to input my vaccination details into that app or can I just have my international certificate separately?

        • it asks for each vacs details - brand of vac, date of vac, country of vacs given.

          you then upload a photo of the international certificate.

          this was not checked at immigration.

          I did show I had the app on my phone (they didn't seem concerned with this) , and i showed the international covid vac cert (you must have this to enter the country)

          • @altomic: Thanks for the reply. Just to confirm they didn't check if you entered the vax details into the app?

            • +1

              @dajackal: they didn't check if I had entered the vax details into the app.

              but it takes 2 minutes to enter.

              they wanted to see the international covid vaccination certificate

  • +2
    • Boogie board bag and A Current Affair's producer's business card available for additional cost.
  • +4

    That copy of the passport goes into a google form so that accont must be like a gold mine.

    when i travelled recently, nobody checked the app thing and printed out covid cert with QR worked out alright.

    But there's deadly long queue for the process so worth throw extea $50 for guide service(?) If you can't bother then you get fast tracked.

    • Google form. LOL, I only submit my ID docs to SurveyMonkey forms

      • I only upload my ID docs is they use an unsecure web form

  • +1

    I booked this a few weeks ago for my next trip in Feb. I’ve used Klook a few times in Bali and got a SIM card from them in June and yes you need to supply a passport copy but had no issues.

    My June flights changed and I had to let them know close to departure date and it wasn’t a problem. I was also 1.5 later than what I said I’d be due to number of passengers and how long things were taking but the Klook man was still waiting. Amazing service.

    • Hi rmk,

      Great to hear! We'll pass the feedback to the operator :)

      Klook Team

  • +1

    the Pool Floatie option is an additional cost AUD 15.80

    Big Pool Floatie

    • Hahahaha - it sure is big!

      • What about if I don't want the floatie. Staying in Nusa Dua anyway. Is there a option to remove it. I thought it was a added option not a included one

  • Shouldn't this come in a boogie board bag?

    Too soon?

  • Wait, what? Whats IMEI for? Provide it to Klook or local provider?

    • provide to klook. they send you a link to upload the passport photo, selfie with passport, and a screen shot of phones IMEI

  • Never heard of a toll road in Bali, where does it connect to/from?

    you also need your international covid vaccination certificate - I got it from a medicare office..

    Can't you just show the vaccination certificate in the Medicare app on your phone? Why did you get a hard copy?

    • +1

      Bali Mandara Toll Road - just north of airport
      my medicare app wasn't providing the international vacs cert.- wasn't appearing despite requesting 3 times over a 5 day period.
      the regular medicare vaccination record doesn't meet the requirements for international travel.
      also 2 of my kids are 15+, but under 18, so they are no longer on my medicare account (privacy reasons apparently )
      so they would've had to have downloaded the medicare app, registered/set-up the app, gotten the cert, etc. etc
      just too hard and complicated.
      medicare office is 5 kms down the road. took 10 minutes to get. . peace of mind to have a physical copy (i'm old)

    • Airport to Sanur basically. Only useful in heavy traffic. Also a great looking road and views.

  • +2

    Wow. I traveled to bali many times pre pandemic and never had to do any of this, even when i ordered a sim from klook.

    Is this normal now? Seems extremely invasive. The photo of you holding the passport seems overreach.

    • Plot twist: The optus hacker has hacked Klook

    • I think it’s relatively new, as in maybe the last year.

    • That's a new indonesian gov requirement afaik. Obviously there's no guarantee klook as the middleman will immidiately remove your data once submitted to the telco.

    • I just came back from Indo. A driver I met brought me to a mobile shop where they set up a 14 day Smartfren Sim on my phone with none of the passport / IMEI registration malarkey. Was done in 5 minutes .

      Not sure how the loophole works but it only seems to work with Smartfren, which has decent coverage.

      • How much did it cost?

        • 17000 IDR ($1.70) for 3gb I think. There's a 6gb option for not much more as well

          • @Sparassid: Thank you, do you know the name of the shop?

            • @deals4amar: It was just a random independent mobile store next to the bus terminal in Probolinggo in Java.

              I did visit a few mobile shops before that with no success (they all told me I need to register passport/IMEI), so you'd probably have to ask around but I'm sure other shops would be aware/willing to offer it too.

    • Hi voteoften,

      Yep new rules enforced by Indonesian Govt.

      Team Klook

  • Sounded great… But Ubud not included

    • +1

      There's an option to change the zone to ubud with slight cost

      • Oh. Let me try

        • yeah, select zone 3. cost is $19. not bad. gojek alone cost me $16 from Senur to Ubud

  • Anybody tried their car hire service? Considerably cheaper than Aussie counterparts

  • Not sure about this company, and whether they are clawing the coin back by overcharging data.. I used to always grab a simpati Sim from a shop without the ID requirements.

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