Your First Bali Trip: A Departure and Arrival Checklist

The aim is not to collect a huge travel folder. It is to know what to do next when airport Wi-Fi drops out. Create one offline folder containing the documents you need on arrival.

After booking flights and accommodation

Check entry eligibility and passport requirements through the entry preparation guide. Save your insurance policy number and assistance contact. Ask the insurer whether planned activities, such as surfing, are covered.

Keep an accommodation request separate from a confirmed booking. At Villa Rumah Wayan, staff confirmation and payment instructions are part of the process. Check the confirmed dates, guest count, bungalow count and arrival arrangements.

Three days before arrival

• Check and complete the official All Indonesia arrival declaration.
• Reconfirm your airport ride, meeting point and flight-delay contact procedure.
• Check when your SIM or eSIM validity starts; buying and activating are not always the same thing.
• Check overseas card settings and arrange a separate payment backup.

What belongs in the offline folder?

Save flight details, accommodation confirmation, the address and map pin, transfer contacts and entry-process completion records. A passport copy is useful supporting information, not a replacement for the original. Do not make a shared document folder public.

On arrival

Collect your luggage and establish communication before booking a car. Let the property know your revised arrival estimate. Large currency exchanges and a distant dinner can wait until the next day. Keep the access page ready for the driver.