help required... easiest way to get money to Indonesia

meester

Sam_Bee wrote: »

A particular note re: Bali / Indonesia (although i'm sure applies to most destinations) is do advise your bank that you are travelling there before you go. I didn't on my recent trip and Lloyds decided to stop my card leaving me penniless. My last few rupiah were spent in a Wartel (telephone shop) calling a stupidly slow and expensive number persuading Lloyds it wasn't fraud.

Hmm, when it happened to me I reversed the charges. In my case Nationwide had closed down their network overnight (which was the middle of the day over there) and of course my card didn't work, absolute nightmare trying to get through and find that out.

I have several cards and one of my pre-travel activities is to ensure that I know the PINs for at least three, because on more than one occasion I've had problems with one or even two.