Originally Posted by
Sarah DDS
Are you sure about that? I thought when hotels post their rates in USD or other non-local currencies, that is for informational purposes only and the actual bill is going to be in local currency regardless of the form of payment.
I've observed this in Costa Rica. My final charge on my CC was much higher (about 2-3% higher NOTE: - my CC does not charge me fees for the foreign transaction.) This was one of the Hilton chain.
Most of the other transactions such as Gas, restaurants etc showed up
at a reasonable exchange rate..
Originally Posted by
lowlander
Another scam is to present your CC bill from the overseas hotel with the charge already converted into your home currency.
This happened to me too... it was a car rental in NZ. They asked me
which currency the CC was based in.. then charged me USD based on their
rate conversion. It was not a huge difference, but a few more cents in their
pocket. Charges in local currency were better for my wallet.