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Pick up at Bali airport or get the car delivered. Traffic keeps left, and the car cannot leave Bali for Lombok or Nusa Penida.
Search Denpasar to collect at the airport, or name a town such as Seminyak or Ubud and the car comes to you.
On Bali the delivery charge to your town is already in each price, but on the Honda Brio we priced the only cover level sat outside the listed total. Compare the final total.
You pay only the advance online. The airport’s own pages list no car rental desks, so the emailed voucher’s meeting spot, company name and phone are what you follow on arrival.
Show your original licence (the Indonesia terms accept no copies or electronic licences), plus an International Driving Permit if you have one, and pay the balance by a method that car lists.
From the 23 October 2026 searches for Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026, drive times we routed over clear Bali roads on 23 October 2026 (read them as floors, not promises) and the Bali transport agency’s 2023 list of roads and areas prone to jams.
The airport sits in Tuban, about 13 km south of central Denpasar by its operator’s account (read 23 October 2026), and 62 of the 120 cars in the Denpasar search start there. Puputan Badung square in the city is roughly 20 min away; the Ngurah Rai bypass and the Pesanggaran junction both appear on the Bali transport agency’s 2023 list of roads and areas prone to jams.
Kuta Beach is roughly 10 min from the airport pickup point. 50 of the 107 Kuta cars named a rental office, with no address, and 39 folded in a delivery charge. Jalan Pantai Kuta and the Kuta beach area are both on the agency’s jam list.
Roughly 15 min to the Seminyak area, timed to the village boundary rather than a street. Every one of the 107 cars offered for Seminyak came by delivery, 89 of 107 with the charge already in the price.
Roughly 25 min to the Canggu area. Our Tanah Lot temple route, roughly 35 min in all, also runs along Jalan Raya Canggu, and the agency lists both Canggu and Tanah Lot as places where traffic tends to jam.
Roughly 15 min to the Jimbaran area; our route takes the Ngurah Rai bypass, not the toll road. 89 of 107 cars offered there had a delivery charge for Jimbaran built into the price.
Our routing reaches the Nusa Dua toll exit in roughly 15 min, over the toll road, so the toll is yours to pay (clause 11). No time was measured to the resort area or any hotel; allow for the drive beyond the exit.
Uluwatu Temple is roughly 30 min from the airport. Only 34 cars were offered for Uluwatu, none of them without a deposit, and all 34 carried a delivery charge.
Roughly 25 min to the Sanur area, by the Ngurah Rai bypass. 6 cars in the Sanur search could be collected at Sanur Port, and the stretch from Sanur beach to the harbour is on the agency’s jam list.
Ubud’s palace is roughly 40 min inland from the airport. Jalan Raya Ubud, the road past Goa Gajah and the Ubud area itself all feature on the agency’s jam list. 86 of 104 Ubud cars had a delivery charge built in.
The north coast lies over the mountains: 1 h 15 min or more to Singaraja (timed to the map point for Buleleng regency rather than the town centre) and 1 h 30 min or more to Lovina, with nothing allowed for bends, climbs or villages. Every one of the 98 cars offered for Singaraja carried a delivery charge.
The harbour town is roughly 50 min by road. Padangbai Port was the handover point for 13 of the 25 cars offered there, every one with a deposit; the car itself stays on Bali (clause 9).
I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport lies in Tuban, Badung, about 13 km south of central Denpasar, according to its operator InJourney Airports (checked 23 October 2026).
Bali’s 23 October 2026 search (pickup 16 November 2026, seven days) showed 62 of 120 cars with the airport as their usual pickup point. Of those, 39 asked no deposit and 29 had seven seats. Delivery accounted for 45 more and a rental office for 13.
The airport’s own transport guide covers taxis, ride-hailing, transport firms and public transport but names no car rental, so head for the spot on your voucher. Some cars we priced were meet-and-greet. A free buggy links the domestic and international terminals around the clock, the airport says.
Enter your real arrival time. On 23 October 2026 we priced 16 airport cars with both pickup and return set at 03:00 (same November rental): 2 charged extra for the hour, the others nothing, and every one stayed bookable. Any pickup fee shows before you book; the 4 airport cars priced for midday carried none.
The airport lists 1,011 spaces at the domestic terminal and 730 at the international one (checked 23 October 2026). Bring the car back to the spot your voucher names; ask the company whether its handover uses the public car parks and who pays the ticket.
From the toll road’s operator, the Bali transport agency and UK travel advice, each read 23 October 2026, plus the rental terms.
The Bali Mandara toll road links the airport area with Nusa Dua and Benoa, and its operator, PT Jasamarga Bali Tol, calls it Indonesia’s longest toll road over the sea. Inaugurated on 23 September 2013, it runs 12.7 km with its access roads and has 3 toll gates. The operator publishes Rp14,000 for Golongan I, the first of its 6 vehicle classes, under Ministerial Decree 769/KPTS/M/2024, in force since 27 April 2024 (read 23 October 2026).
Our routed drive from the airport to the Nusa Dua exit uses it; the Sanur and Jimbaran routes keep to the Ngurah Rai bypass instead. The operator’s services page mentions a digital payment system without saying whether cash is taken, so ask the company how its car pays. Toll call centre: 133.
The Bali transport agency (Dinas Perhubungan) names roads prone to jams in a list uploaded in June 2023, among them the Ngurah Rai bypass, Jalan Pantai Kuta and the Pesanggaran junction in Denpasar; Jalan Raya Ubud and the stretch by Goa Gajah; Jalan Raya Mengwi and Kapal; and the road from Penelokan to Kintamani. Its areas add Canggu, Kuta beach, Ubud, Tanah Lot, Sanur beach to the harbour, Bedugul, Kintamani and Amed beach. Our drive times leave traffic out, so add time around these.
The FCDO (the UK Foreign Office) writes that “Traffic discipline is very poor and there has been a large increase in moped and motorbike accidents”, and it names Bali. The FCDO says Indonesia’s rainy season usually runs from October to March, and that Bali can suffer severe localised flooding causing major traffic congestion (public update 18 September 2026, read 23 October 2026).
Under clause 8 a Bali hire car may use paved public roads only; the clause names no road or region beyond that. The mountains of central Bali sit between the airport and the north coast, which is why the Singaraja and Lovina drives in the cards above take longer than the distance suggests.
The rental terms first, then Indonesian law and UK travel advice (public update 18 September 2026, read 23 October 2026).
Each rule gives its article in Indonesia’s traffic law (UU 22/2009) or the speed regulation (PP 79/2013), checked 23 October 2026.
The original only, with details in Latin script, and valid until the last day of the rental; a copy or a digital version will not be accepted on Bali.
Bali’s rental terms strongly recommend one for licences that only count in their home country, and the company can ask to see it. For a UK licence: the UK travel advice (public update 18 September 2026) says a UK licence alone does not let you drive in Indonesia, while a UK-issued permit does; GOV.UK’s permit page (updated 29 January 2025) lists the 1968 permit. Both read 23 October 2026.
Set car by car, and the same model can differ. Across 6 Bali cars priced on 23 October 2026 for Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026: minimum age 18 to 21, licence held 1 to 2 years.
The police may ask for your licence and the STNK registration (UU 22/2009, art. 106(5)); the UK government says to keep your passport or stay permit on you at all times.
When a company wants one, the credit card must be physical, embossed, and carrying the lead driver’s name; debit is fine on identical terms if the voucher allows.
Give a phone number, with country code, and keep it on for calls as well as Viber, WhatsApp or Telegram on Bali, from the day before pickup right up to when you return the car.
Levels across the 120 Bali cars (rental dates Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026; numbers from the 23 October 2026 count), plus the four gaps no level fills.
Among the cars we priced, Full Coverage on one cut the liability to zero for a fee; on another, Full Coverage cost extra yet showed the same liability as the cheaper levels. Read both the deposit and the liability on the car itself.
Clause 9 of the Indonesia rental terms, and what the booking search showed.
That is clause 9 in full. Lombok, Nusa Penida, the Gili Islands and Java are all off limits in the car; park it on Bali and carry on without it.
What each of the 120 Bali cars asked for over Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026, from Denpasar’s search of 23 October 2026. Deposits were quoted in US dollars.
| Requirement | Cars | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Credit card required | 0 of 120 | But not every car takes cash: 6 cars left cash off their deposit methods. |
| No deposit | 48 | 117 held 250 USD or less; the top deposit, 500 USD, applied to 3. Every car offered in Uluwatu and Padangbai carried a deposit. |
| Deposit payable in cash | 66 | Of the 72 cars that hold a deposit, the other 6 listed no cash for it; one car we priced took its deposit in cash only. Each car shows its methods. |
| Balance in cash at handover | all 120 | 114 also listed a card for the balance. |
Of the rental, 15 to 20% goes online as the advance; the Bali company takes the balance when it hands over the keys. Delivery and handover charges are already in each price, but a cover level may be added at checkout (see the class section below).
Against our other destinations: 66 of 120 Bali cars (55%) took the deposit in cash, and just 3 of the 18 other places we compare beat that share; their middle value, Bali included, was 26% (Bali figures for the Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026 week, read 23 October 2026; the other places’ reads dated 22 and 23 October 2026). Bali’s numbers include Denpasar-pool cars offered for delivery around the island, where some of our other countries were read at an airport only, and Bali’s 120 cars are a small pool, so a handful of cars moves the share.
Pick up in Denpasar or at the airport and drop off elsewhere on Bali. Pickup and return charges per car, in US dollars, on the Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026 dates, as quoted 23 October 2026.
Counts and prices from the Bali search (the Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026 week, read 23 October 2026); one Bali car may be counted under two classes. Prices here are “from” prices, and your own dates give the real total.
34 cars
of 120 on Bali
48 cars
of 120 on Bali
34 cars
of 120 on Bali
63 cars
of 120 on Bali
4 cars
of 120 on BaliNo. Clause 9 of the rental conditions reads: “Travelling outside the home island is prohibited.” The Bali cars carried no ferry or cross-border extra in our 23 October 2026 read, and in the Lombok one-way search (Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026) no car could start in Denpasar and end there. Park the car on Bali before you cross.
Left-hand. Article 108(1) of Indonesia’s Road Traffic and Transport Act (UU 22/2009) puts road users on the left, with the right side kept for overtaking.
The rental terms strongly recommend a permit when a licence is recognised only at home, and the company may ask for it. UK drivers face a firmer line: GOV.UK’s travel advice (public update 18 September 2026, read 23 October 2026) says a UK licence by itself will not do in Indonesia, but a UK-issued permit (the 1968 version, per GOV.UK) will.
Not on the Bali cars our 23 October 2026 search returned for Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026: zero of the 120 Bali cars flagged a credit card as required. The deposit methods still vary car by car, and 6 left cash off the list. Where a company does want a card, it must be a physical embossed credit card bearing the lead driver’s name. A debit card of the same kind is accepted by some companies, and the voucher says so.
Yes, 48 of the 120 in the Bali search, checked 23 October 2026 for rentals Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026. The remaining cars display their deposit, in US dollars, before booking.
Yes, it is the usual pickup point for 62 of the 120 cars we found on 23 October 2026 (rentals Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026) at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport. Another 45 were set up for delivery and 13 named a rental office. Pickup charges are included in each price, and the voucher tells you where the company will meet you.
A search price carries any handover charge but may omit a cover level. Basic coverage was the sole level on 2 of 6 cars priced on 23 October 2026, and it came ticked at checkout. The cheapest car, a Honda Brio, showed 119 USD in the search for the Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026 rental and 154 USD at checkout. That is why our prices say “from”; the final total appears before payment.
The UK government lists 118 for an ambulance, 112 for fire and 110 for the police. After a crash it advises staying put until the police arrive; the rental terms add a call to the rental company right away plus, unless the company agrees otherwise, a police report; missing either voids the cover.
As late as seven days before pickup as standard; convertibles and luxury cars need 30. Where the car came with the late-cancel option, you can still cancel up to 24 hours before; 36 of the 120 Bali cars offered it across Monday 16 to Monday 23 November 2026. Refunds never include the 6% payment service fee, whatever the timing.
Airport and town cars on Bali, priced for your dates.
