The honest answer: it depends what your phone is doing in Bali and Indonesia. Data disappears fastest through video, hotspot, cloud backup, big uploads and navigation that never gets a…
Choose a smaller plan if you mainly need maps, messages, emails and bookings. Choose more data if you will hotspot, stream video, upload lots of photos, use video calls or travel for longer. If you are unsure, compare the price of stepping up one plan size against the nuisance of running out mid-trip.
Typical travel data jobs include maps, transport apps, booking apps, messaging, restaurant searches, ticket lookups and the occasional "where did I put the hotel address" rescue mission.
Heavy data jobs include video streaming, hotspot for a laptop, cloud photo backup, app updates and long video calls. Those are the ones that quietly eat the plan while you are trying to look organised.
If Bali and Indonesia is part of a multi-country route, check coverage as well as total data. A cheap plan that covers the wrong place is just a PDF with ambition.
Before you fly, update apps on Wi-Fi, download offline maps for your first stop, save hotel addresses, turn off mobile-data cloud backup, and download playlists or shows before you leave. If you forgot until the airport lounge, no judgement. Do the big downloads on Wi-Fi and let the eSIM handle the moving-around bits.
If data does not work after landing, do not delete the eSIM. Use the activation troubleshooting guide first.
Check phone compatibility, plan validity, destination coverage and start timing. The compatibility checker, iPhone and Android install guide and eSIM delivery guide are the boring-but-useful tabs worth opening before checkout.
Email hello@thesimshop.com.au with your phone model, destination and what you are trying to do. The more context we get, the less back-and-forth you have to do from a hotel lobby.
