Originally Posted by
OskiBear
Curious about this as well as I'm starting to plan this year's annual trek to Argentina. Will be so glad to not have to carry bags of cash.
Don't they have to agree to settle the bill in ARS? If so, the big trip-up would be if one inadvertently selects the horrible Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) option on the credit card processing machine and then it gets charged to the card in USD at a conversion rate even worse than the official rate?
We have been in Argentina for a month ( Buenos Aires) where we were in an AirBnB apartment. We are now in Patagonia. El Calafate is our 1st stop.
1. I booked this apartment on Booking.com
2. Choice when reserving, it was a "pay nothing now, pay at property". I've tried to book ALL of my lodging of this sort.
3. The apartment manager met us at the place and we paid her in ARS. We got a wad of them in Buenos Aires because all but one of our places I booked are "pay at property".
4. We are heading to Puerto Natales Chile tomorrow for a few days and will be in El Chalten next. The Bed n Breakfast I booked in El Chalten is also pay at the property. I'll update when we get there.
5. I have an estancia ( El Chalten ) booked that is the only place that was pre-paid.
6. Then Bariloche, where it is also pay at property. All, on booking.com and specifically chosen for the pay at property. Then Mendoza, but that is an AirBnB that was super cheap.