Originally Posted by
susiesan
When I visit Indonesia in August I am going to have to pay cash for a lot of the hotels and drivers I use as well as VOA and departure tax. I plan to bring some US $ with me as some places I'm staying will take them. I will use my credit card where I can but most of the hotels I'm using don't take them.
Is there any limit to how many rupiah a day you can get from an ATM machine? I don't like carrying lots of cash around with me and I don't rust leaving it in hotel safes. If it's easy to get a lot of money from an ATM then I won't have to bring as much US $'s with me.
The limit is set by your bank and by the institution which controls the ATM. My data is from 2005, but the limit was around USD$200.00/day at a lot of ATM's for my U.S.A. based ATM card with a Cirrus logo. I also had trouble using the card initially because I had not notified my bank of my travel plans and they flagged the [attempted] transactions as fraud activity and would not authorize until I called the Customer Service number. Luckily, the time zone difference didn't make it impossible for me to reach them quickly.
So,
- Limit is set by your bank
- Limit is set by the ATM owner/operator
- Whichever of the two above is lowest will rule
- Make sure to let your bank/financial instution know you are planning on using the card for ATM withdrawals where overseas and when