bintan is use wat currency?

[AraiBoy]

Y i was told can use usd n sgd? Not rupiah meh?

 

[PostCountWarrior[+2]]

if resort use sgd..
out of resort is ruppiah

 

[bkmailsg]

USD is also accepted just like SGD.

Y i was told can use usd n sgd? Not rupiah meh?

 

[aileen99]

If ansagna or banyan tree charges USD but can convert to pay in SGD. The rest of the resort is SGD. Reason maybe most of the resorts are own by Singaporean organization. Even the boat jetty also use SGD to buy things like drinks. Bintan is very remote, I don't see any seafood stalls or pasar malam outside the resorts.

 

[AraiBoy]

Orh.. So buy ciggi also pay sgd? Anyone buy ciggi there?

 

[xusykl]

they are like an extension of singapore.
most stuff in sgd.
besides, most of their customers r sinkies.
makes more sense to use sgd.

 

[acecbc]

Bintan Batam can use SGD cause of the proximity and the frequent SGian traffic to these places. Its favourable for people there.

IMHO u have more luck using rupiah on Batam than Bintan since half the time you won't be exploring much outside the manicured lawns of the resorts.

 

[Yangchern]

Many years bk I went bintan bayan tree they use SGD

 

[Outliers]

which currency to use better?

 

[Meireles]

which currency to use better?

sgd more convenient but got tendency for them to jack it up a little when converting

 

[wildkev]

Both, I just came back on Monday. Went over to 2 different resort but to my surprise, using SGD seems better. Exchange rate is higher. Around rp9300 to SGD1 whereas I changed rp8900 to SGD1 in Singapore.

 

[vtecXx]

sorry to dig out old thread. but im going bintan over the deepavali weekend

can i know wad currency they use now??

im abit confused aft reading this article:
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/have-rupiah-with-you-when-going-to-bintan

 

[vtecXx]

Any ideas peeps?

 

[brownies]

Went Bintan on 31st Oct 15, they do take rupiah. I paid my expenses at the resort by rupiah. The exchange rate is gd 10000 rupiah for $1.