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Where is the best place to change money? Is it possible to leave valuables, money in the room, for example, if you left for 2 days on an excursion.
Tell me how to bargain with sellers and in what language?
Tell me how to bargain with sellers and in what language?
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It is better to change money in a bank.
Do not leave things in the room - hand over at the reception to the safe (and if there is no such thing - it should be in the room, although it is also not a panacea !!!!) - they steal (but not the Arabs, but ours)
It is possible and NECESSARY to bargain with sellers, because the prices are initially overpriced 2 times (I have experience - I know what I'm talking about !!!) Yes, in any - they understand all languages !!!! I watched the Chinese bargain - scream!
Have a nice holiday
Do not leave things in the room - hand over at the reception to the safe (and if there is no such thing - it should be in the room, although it is also not a panacea !!!!) - they steal (but not the Arabs, but ours)
It is possible and NECESSARY to bargain with sellers, because the prices are initially overpriced 2 times (I have experience - I know what I'm talking about !!!) Yes, in any - they understand all languages !!!! I watched the Chinese bargain - scream!
Have a nice holiday
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answered 17 years ago
I completely agree with the previous review! There should not be anything of value in sight in the room! And you need to bargain desperately, turn around and threaten to leave, they are inferior. BUT there is a rule if you named YOUR price and the seller agreed you should buy this thing. This is like Arabic etiquette, they are very offended if you knocked down the price, but do not buy. Good luck!
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answered 17 years ago
initially change dollars for small bills (in Kyiv or from where you are flying - for 1-2-5-10-20$) and in Egypt itself do not change for pounds ... In every store, dollars are accepted as native. And they will give you change either in the same dollars. or already pounds ... Everything will be Oki. Do not leave valuables in plain sight, if there is a safe, use it. Have a nice holiday :)
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answered 17 years ago
It's simple: 1. You need to hide cash, documents and tickets in a safe (I always carried photocopies of documents with me), my mobile phone is always with me. Fotik often stayed in the room or on the shore - we were lucky not to steal it. 2. Make it a rule to carry small bills with you. because It's better to pay without change. If you are haggling and have named a price, you need to buy - otherwise insult the seller, if you refuse to buy, do it politely. 3. The Egyptians are a bit polyglot - they understand Russian, German and English.
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answered 17 years ago
It is better to change money at the bank (you can even change it at the airport when buying a visa). Now the course is 1 c.u. = 5.46 L.E. Do not change large amounts immediately, because then there may be problems with the reverse exchange (if you do not save the receipt for the exchange of USD for L.E.) It is advisable to store valuables in a safe (but if there is none in the room, then I kept it in a bag closed to the castle). The money is definitely in the safe. You should always bargain, except for shops with fixed prices, but even there you can knock down a couple of pounds :)
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answered 17 years ago
they already talked about money ... about valuable things - there was a safe in the room, but the hotel has an employee who has a key to all these safes. therefore, we kept tickets, documents there (we went with photocopies), and kept the money in compartment of a bag closed with a lock (a couple of small locks were brought with them). things were left on the beach for a long time, a fotik, a purse with money, a mobile phone. - nothing was missing.
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answered 17 years ago
Change at the hotel. In no case do not leave valuables in the room. In the safe at the reception, hand over: passport, money, vouchers, jewelry, various documents. Bargaining is necessary and possible. English, there will be more respect... like this! Good luck!"
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answered 17 years ago
I just flew in from Sharm and I can say this about money. You need small dollars and be sure to exchange them for pounds. In stores in the markets, dollars are taken at a low rate and so you lose real money. It’s easier to bargain in pounds. 2, 3 (and this is 5,10,15 hryvnias), and in pounds it can be 4.7 or, for example, 8 pounds (1 pound is approximately 1 hryvnia). My advice is to change money for pounds. And have a good rest and a chocolate tan !
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answered 17 years ago
Gentlemen, use plastic cards, do not take large amounts of cash, it is stolen even in Italy. And there are ATMs EVERYWHERE, keep a minimum of cash in your pocket!
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answered 17 years ago
Merchants in Naama and the Old Market accept dollars at 5.0, pounds are really more profitable. Electronic safes in the rooms are good, but there were cases of theft along with the safe (read on the Internet), this did not happen in our hotel :)
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answered 17 years ago
Change money only at the bank, and keep receipts so that later the rest can change back. Moreover, change the balance at the bank for departure to the airport (for example, we could not exchange it back for dollars at the airport). The exchange rate is 1 dollar = 5 pounds. Keep valuables in a safe (in the room or at the reception). Bargain confidently, and stand your ground - prices in the Old Town with skillful bargaining are reduced by 2-3 times!!! As for languages, they are polyglots there, they know a bunch of languages. You can in Russian. But it's better in English.
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answered 17 years ago
The inscriptions on almost all stores are in Russian, everyone understands everything perfectly, I immediately warn most of the goods are Chinese, look very carefully, and then bargain, they love it very much. Advice bring small currency, buy only their pounds. Stored valuables in safes everything was in order. The money was changed at the bank.
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answered 17 years ago
