Cost, Money & Banks

CHANGING MONEY AND GETTING CASH If you have a debit card of international use, you can use it, there are abundance of ATM machines in Argentina, every bank has cash machines of credit card companies such as a Visa, Cirrus, MasterCard, Plus, Maestro, Citibank and others.

But, consider that the bank will make a charge for providing the service, so ensure, that you know in advance what the charge will be. Changing foreign currency is easy, you could do it at the Money Changers but they will give you a very bad exchange rate or will give you fakes bills, if you want to exchange cash, do that in the Banco de la Nacion, which is open all day and you will get a fair exchange rate, also many businesses and hotels, accept Dollars and Euros and many times give you a better exchange rate.

TRAVELLER'S CHEQUES AND CREDIT CARDS

Most of the credit cards are accepted in Argentina; Visa, Diners Club, American Express and Mastercard are the most commonly used in Buenos Aires and the other major cities, but may be less acceptable outside of these places, so, you would have another form of have money if you travel outside of these areas.

In Buenos Aires, only major stores accept change travellers checks, small businesses possibly do not accept them, outside Buenos Aires changing travelers checks is very difficult too, so the fastest way to change them is go to banks or houses of change

Some trade offices of Credit Card suppliers:

• VISA, located at Av. Corrientes 1437, tel. 4379-3400/3333, open from Monday through Friday 9:00 a 17:00
• DINERS CLUB, located at Av. Santa Fé 1148, tel. 0-810-444-2484
• AMERICAN EXPRESS, located at Arenales 707, tel. 4312-1661, open from Monday through Friday 9:00 a 17:00
• MASTERCARD, located at Perú 143, tel. 4340-5700, open from Monday through Friday 9:30 a 18:00
• CARTA FRANCA, located at Bartolomé Mitre 844, tel. 4339-5544
• CREDENCIAL, located at Av Las Heras 1831 Piso 4º, tel 5777-5800

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