Money Matters: What To Know about Exchanging Currency

If you are considering visiting Indonesia, then you want to make sure you have your passport ready, plane tickets, and any other important travel documents. Exchanging currency is also important especially if you are visiting Indonesia from a country like United States. Your money may be more or less in value depending upon the exchange rate from one currency to another. Currency in Indonesia is call rupiah. One US dollar is about 8,600 rupiah. It will also be helpful to learn some basic language in Indonesia especially when it relates to money. It may difficult at first getting adjusted and understanding how the currency works but after a few months you will get the hang of it. Indonesia handles money that is mostly cash. You will rarely see merchants accepting credit cards or even traveler’s checks. They prefer to deal with their own money. There are a number of money changers and banks that will exchange your money to rupiah. If you are not sure where one is there are plenty of businesses and guides that can help or you can contact the embassy. Due to the currency rate in Indonesia, you can feel like a millionaire there although you may be classified as middle class in the US.