Cash or Card
Sep 28, 2023 | 1:42 pm
#1
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Cash or Card
Have a 7 night trip to GIG but includes excursion on LATAM to IGU for 2 nights
- can use UBER App (linked to CC) to do airport transfers.
- will pre-book tours online (CC)
- Hotels clearly take CC
- Restaurants am looking at seem to take CC
So, apart from few BR$ (or USD..?) for tips (eg. Housekeeping).. Anything else i need to consider exchanging real money for in advance. ?
TIA
- can use UBER App (linked to CC) to do airport transfers.
- will pre-book tours online (CC)
- Hotels clearly take CC
- Restaurants am looking at seem to take CC
So, apart from few BR$ (or USD..?) for tips (eg. Housekeeping).. Anything else i need to consider exchanging real money for in advance. ?
TIA
Sep 30, 2023 | 4:42 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2008
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Have a 7 night trip to GIG but includes excursion on LATAM to IGU for 2 nights
- can use UBER App (linked to CC) to do airport transfers.
- will pre-book tours online (CC)
- Hotels clearly take CC
- Restaurants am looking at seem to take CC
So, apart from few BR$ (or USD..?) for tips (eg. Housekeeping).. Anything else i need to consider exchanging real money for in advance. ?
TIA
- can use UBER App (linked to CC) to do airport transfers.
- will pre-book tours online (CC)
- Hotels clearly take CC
- Restaurants am looking at seem to take CC
So, apart from few BR$ (or USD..?) for tips (eg. Housekeeping).. Anything else i need to consider exchanging real money for in advance. ?
TIA
You may use an ATM to withdraw BRL after you arrive at your hotel, theres no need to exchange money in advance. I use the no-fee ATM at Bradesco Bank, again, decline the conversion to dollars otherwise an 11% transaction fee is tacked on.
Oct 5, 2023 | 9:32 am
#3
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In Rio de Janeiro, specifically the city, you should avoid withdrawing money with a foreign card on ATM machines. I've had multiple cards "cloned" over the years. So now I never get cash in the city anymore.
Oct 5, 2023 | 11:21 am
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I didn't know you could decline Bradesco's conversion, I thought it was either accept that or no withdrawal at all.
In Rio de Janeiro, specifically the city, you should avoid withdrawing money with a foreign card on ATM machines. I've had multiple cards "cloned" over the years. So now I never get cash in the city anymore.
In Rio de Janeiro, specifically the city, you should avoid withdrawing money with a foreign card on ATM machines. I've had multiple cards "cloned" over the years. So now I never get cash in the city anymore.
Oct 6, 2023 | 3:56 am
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Oct 7, 2023 | 12:11 pm
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Oct 7, 2023 | 1:59 pm
#7
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now First Direct have also dropped fees for foreign transactions, I'll have at least 2 debit cards plus CC's (though maybe not all on me at same time lol)