Renting A Scooter In Bali – A Complete Guide

Renting a scooter in Bali is what 99% of tourists do. So if you’re planning on riding around Ubud on two wheels, here’s a go to guide.

Rules When Renting A Scooter In Bali

The majority of people renting a scooter in Bali don’t think twice about jumping on without experience, without a license or without a helmet. And some even without travel insurance!

This is a foreign country. There are minimum to no road rules. The police are corrupt. And the scooter drivers are crazy!

Please please please remember these three things before renting a scooter in Bali.

1. You Need An International License

Whether you think so or not, it is illegal. Right now with the tourism booming in Bali police are on every corner and they are purposely pulling over foreign tourists and checking there licenses.

We carry our international licenses under the seat at all times. Usually they have to be obtained from within your home country, we grabbed ours from our local post office, and your normal country license is not good enough.

We’ve had friends charged anywhere from 100,000 – 1,000,000 IDR depending on how the police are feeling.

2. Wear A Helmet

Reason number one – for your own safety! It is so frustrating to watch tourists fly past us on the Canggu streets with no helmets on. No looking cool, or bad hair day, is worth risking your life for!

Reason number two – if you want to give the police a reason to pull you over, this is another thing they’re looking for. Not worth the fine.

3. Cover Your Skin

Another double reason.

Reason number one, obviously to protect yourself from becoming a walking scab. Tarmac and skin don’t blend well. Again, make sure you’ve got your travel insurance sorted.

Reason number two, we’ve even had friends pulled over for ‘nudity’ as the police called it. Whether you like it or not they can slap a fine on you for baring too much skin.

It’s a very religious island and again a very corrupt police system, so just put a t-shirt on.

Prices Of Renting A Scooter In Bali

The average price across Bali is 50,000 IDR per day (24 hours) for scooter rental.

Bartering can be done for longer periods and most places will give you a scooter for around 600,000 IDR per month. Bringing cost down to 20,000 IDR per day.

Prices also differ depending on where you rent from and of course availability of the rental shop.

For example scooters on Nusa Penida average out at 70,000 IDR per day because of the lack of demand.

Where To Rent A Scooter From

If you’re looking for long or short term rental in Canggu we can highly recommend J & D Bali Rental. You can simply message them on Facebook messenger or pop into there shop.

For anywhere else in Bali we usually recommend booking a Bali Scooter or Motorbike Rental with Delivery.

Otherwise you can always use Kirana Tour, who offer scooter rental with delivery all over Bali.

If you are unsure of where to hire from when renting a scooter in Bali, we always recommend to rent from your accommodation.

That way if there are any problems or you have an accident they are more likely to help you! 

Where To Stay In Bali

For pre-booking accommodation when travelling, we always recommend Booking.com!

From 5 star hotels, to budget backpacker hostels, it’s got everything and the site is super easy to use.

We’ve also written a full where to stay in Bali guide, which covers a break down of each individual area on the island.

Otherwise you can pre book all of your Bali accommodation and check the latest prices on Booking.com.

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