Originally Posted by
pstm91
Is Grab the best/easiest way to get from CGK to my hotel in the city center? Easy to use with a US credit card? How about Gojek, and which would you recommend?
I've used plenty of other non-Uber/Lyft rideshares around the world, but first time to Indonesia and don't have any experience with Grab or Gojek.
(When I land, I don't have time to deal with public transportation and I don't necessarily want to set up a car service in advance)
Thanks!
Grab works well, there are helpful staff at the pick-up points. Maybe the premium service would be a better introduction for a first-time user: it's significantly more expensive - but the cars are more comfortable and you get looked after at the (well signed) pick-up points.
If you are paying for Grab by card, do not pay
any cash extras;
everything goes through the system and onto your card.
Bluebird is by far the most widely trusted of the "regular" taxis. That means there can be a quite a line for its cars, but the dispatchers are efficient and the line moves quickly.
Bluebird's more comfortable, "Silverbird" service is also available at a significant premium. The same company also offers the considerably more expensive, prepaid "luxury" Goldenbird limo through its desks in the arrivals areas. If you were considering a hotel car, you might want to switch to Silverbird - it's pricey but likely to be much less so than the hotel version, which may well subcontract the ride to Silverbird.