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Hello! Please tell me:
1. Is the visa fee ($25) accepted in USD or local currency? Will they give change? (If you give $50 or $100)
2. Who withdrew money from the privat card (UAH)? Big withdrawal fee?
3. What is the best currency to pay on the street?
It seemed to me that it’s better to withdraw local currency from an ATM and pay like that, because there are no small dollars, and I often see messages that they may not give change, etc.
Thanks!
1. Is the visa fee ($25) accepted in USD or local currency? Will they give change? (If you give $50 or $100)
2. Who withdrew money from the privat card (UAH)? Big withdrawal fee?
3. What is the best currency to pay on the street?
It seemed to me that it’s better to withdraw local currency from an ATM and pay like that, because there are no small dollars, and I often see messages that they may not give change, etc.
Thanks!
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Payment for the visa is accepted only in dollars.
In Egyptian supermarkets, I calmly pay with a hryvnia card (I have Visa Gold). The course is normal.
On the street, it is preferable to pay with Egyptian pounds. A dollar is a very extreme case, or when the total purchase amount is close to fifty dollars.
It greatly simplifies negotiations with the Egyptians with domestic chocolate brought from home or even ordinary barberry-type caramels.
Have a nice holiday!
In Egyptian supermarkets, I calmly pay with a hryvnia card (I have Visa Gold). The course is normal.
On the street, it is preferable to pay with Egyptian pounds. A dollar is a very extreme case, or when the total purchase amount is close to fifty dollars.
It greatly simplifies negotiations with the Egyptians with domestic chocolate brought from home or even ordinary barberry-type caramels.
Have a nice holiday!
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answered 6 years ago
Hello.
If you are flying to Sharm on vacation, then you need a visa only if you plan to visit Cairo, otherwise you do not need a visa in Sinai. Change in $ will be given to you calmly.
Many withdraw from the card, there is a small percentage, in many stores you can use the card by bank transfer. it is best to buy in the old city and in pounds, but see what they translate at the rate and you can also bargain a little more.
If you are flying to Sharm on vacation, then you need a visa only if you plan to visit Cairo, otherwise you do not need a visa in Sinai. Change in $ will be given to you calmly.
Many withdraw from the card, there is a small percentage, in many stores you can use the card by bank transfer. it is best to buy in the old city and in pounds, but see what they translate at the rate and you can also bargain a little more.
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answered 6 years ago
I will support - the percentage from the card is not very large, but this is not always convenient (the terminal is far from being everywhere), at the official rate they count only in the state. stores, in others it is better to pay in pounds. At the bazaar - how to bargain, sometimes in dollars it turns out cheaper, even for small purchases (that is, just transfer the amount to a currency convenient for you and then round it down - and see how profitable it is :)). It is convenient to change currency at an ATM - without commission and quickly. If you buy in the Old Market - it is better to stay away from the mosque, prices are often higher closer to it
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answered 6 years ago
1. They take dollars for a visa, they give change, by the way, it would be illogical if tourists, leaving the plane, already had local currency with them to buy a visa and more, but do you definitely need a visa? (if you are not going to leave the Sinai Peninsula or on an excursion to the monastery of St. Catherine, then you do not need a visa)
2. Almost everyone withdrew money from the card and the percentage is not large
3. It’s better to pay with their local currency, because everything is a little more expensive in dollars, but about the fact that there is no change - we have not personally encountered this
2. Almost everyone withdrew money from the card and the percentage is not large
3. It’s better to pay with their local currency, because everything is a little more expensive in dollars, but about the fact that there is no change - we have not personally encountered this
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answered 6 years ago
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answered 6 years ago
one . Change for a visa was given without problems, they were specially given large to exchange
2. In 2 places they withdraw cash from ATMs from the PB card - 2% commission (from the dollar, they did not see the balance on the hryvnia ATMs and did not carry out any operations), in the shops they paid in hryvnia, PB, there were no hidden fees, it was profitable. Especially ATMs were not looked for anywhere - I was in a hotel, in a city near a bank, near a pharmacy, in a shopping center, etc.
3 . In general, it seems to me that everywhere in Egypt there is a problem with change, in any currency. Therefore, they tried to pay either by calculation or by card
2. In 2 places they withdraw cash from ATMs from the PB card - 2% commission (from the dollar, they did not see the balance on the hryvnia ATMs and did not carry out any operations), in the shops they paid in hryvnia, PB, there were no hidden fees, it was profitable. Especially ATMs were not looked for anywhere - I was in a hotel, in a city near a bank, near a pharmacy, in a shopping center, etc.
3 . In general, it seems to me that everywhere in Egypt there is a problem with change, in any currency. Therefore, they tried to pay either by calculation or by card
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answered 6 years ago