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How much money to take with you? And what is the currency there?
How much money to take with you? And what is the currency there? if you go for about a week
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Take dollars. Eurekas don't go there. Their local currency is the Egyptian Lira, also known as the Pound. But on local banknotes it is written - pound (s) - pounds. The exchange rate of dollars for pounds is from 5 to 5.4. That is, one dollar costs them approximately 5 pounds. Some Egyptian tricksters (for example, taxi drivers) try to multiply the dollar by 6... Be careful! I advise you to change a few dollars for pounds at the hotel. They will come in handy when paying in the supermarkets of Naama, the Old City and other shops where prices are set (namely, set) in Egyptian lira. Shopping will be cheaper. In the rest - the prices in Egypt are "from the bulldozer". For example, while in Sharm, we bargained for a decorative African drum from $15 to $2 (our 60 rubles - that's how much it costs!). From other things: bought a large bag on wheels for $30 (wanted $45-55), a crocodile bag for $150 (cost $250) and tede. In short, be guided by our Russian prices - you can't go wrong.
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answered 15 years ago
I always take money with a margin (it’s better to bring home the rest than to be upset that it wasn’t enough). I take about 400 dollars. But even on the first visit to Egypt with the purchase of a visa, excursions ($120), a snorkel, a lot of souvenirs, tips, hibiscus and something else - 350 was enough.
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answered 15 years ago
the advice with exchanging at the hotel is not very practical, they usually change it for 5, although in the bank you can change it for 5.45, although if it’s urgent, you can also change a small amount at the hotel, I always change dollars. for pounds; in bars, restaurants, taxis it is always better to pay in pounds (although many argue and say that it comes out one by one) I will give a few examples:
1st: for $ 100 you get 545-550 pounds (in a hotel 500, so many people may not have seen the benefits) savings on the face ...
2nd: after the bank, you and your friend go to a cafe, you decide to order fresh layers (very tasty, I advise you) the price on the menu is $ 5 or 25 pounds, so a simple mathematical calculation 5 * 5.45 = 27.25 * 2 (there are two of you) u003d 54.5 and in pounds the price is 50 for 5 pounds ($ 1) you can still order such a pleasant trifle as a hookah, and you should not worry that the money will remain, Egypt is such a country that you will return there again.
Conclusion: you will feel it only when you go somewhere to bars, disco, take a taxi and for a sufficient period (I lived there for a month, it was profitable for me) and you can probably not change it for a week, you decide ... Have a nice rest
1st: for $ 100 you get 545-550 pounds (in a hotel 500, so many people may not have seen the benefits) savings on the face ...
2nd: after the bank, you and your friend go to a cafe, you decide to order fresh layers (very tasty, I advise you) the price on the menu is $ 5 or 25 pounds, so a simple mathematical calculation 5 * 5.45 = 27.25 * 2 (there are two of you) u003d 54.5 and in pounds the price is 50 for 5 pounds ($ 1) you can still order such a pleasant trifle as a hookah, and you should not worry that the money will remain, Egypt is such a country that you will return there again.
Conclusion: you will feel it only when you go somewhere to bars, disco, take a taxi and for a sufficient period (I lived there for a month, it was profitable for me) and you can probably not change it for a week, you decide ... Have a nice rest
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answered 15 years ago
If you go for about a week, then the currency is the Egyptian pound :)))
You can take dollars, euros, and even rubles, everything can be exchanged.
I don’t spend money in Egypt at all - in a hotel all, you won’t lure me into the city under the threat of execution, souvenirs and clothes are lousy, I don’t buy.
Well, buying souvenirs for the first time is sacred, 50 dollars is more than enough, if you still buy hookahs. The only serious expense item is excursions, as much as you want. And, yes, even as they wear out, I buy snorkel masks, much cheaper than at home and of normal quality.
You can estimate the cost of the desired excursions + souvenirs + taxi to souvenirs + snorkel masks, if necessary + visa ($15), 400 dollars is really enough.
The girl with "lyres" with "pound" written on them made me laugh :))) 5 points.
You can take dollars, euros, and even rubles, everything can be exchanged.
I don’t spend money in Egypt at all - in a hotel all, you won’t lure me into the city under the threat of execution, souvenirs and clothes are lousy, I don’t buy.
Well, buying souvenirs for the first time is sacred, 50 dollars is more than enough, if you still buy hookahs. The only serious expense item is excursions, as much as you want. And, yes, even as they wear out, I buy snorkel masks, much cheaper than at home and of normal quality.
You can estimate the cost of the desired excursions + souvenirs + taxi to souvenirs + snorkel masks, if necessary + visa ($15), 400 dollars is really enough.
The girl with "lyres" with "pound" written on them made me laugh :))) 5 points.
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answered 15 years ago
We took dollars and changed there right at the hotel. In Concorde Sport there is a bank there little by little and they changed it for all sorts of little things-souvenirs.
For excursions, it seems, they paid in dollars.
How much to take?
Well, this is very individual and depends on how you are going to spend your time.
The cost of excursions can be calculated at home, there is this information on the websites of tour operators.
Pounds go there.
And by the way, on the territory of the Sports (if you stand facing the engraved entrance, then on the left) there was and probably still is a shop with souvenirs and masks, so we have such a cool mask there for 7 c.u. Bargained! We have such masks are much more expensive!
For excursions, it seems, they paid in dollars.
How much to take?
Well, this is very individual and depends on how you are going to spend your time.
The cost of excursions can be calculated at home, there is this information on the websites of tour operators.
Pounds go there.
And by the way, on the territory of the Sports (if you stand facing the engraved entrance, then on the left) there was and probably still is a shop with souvenirs and masks, so we have such a cool mask there for 7 c.u. Bargained! We have such masks are much more expensive!
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answered 15 years ago
I will say in defense of the "girl with lira" that they write the prices themselves, for example: 45e.le-which, respectively, means egypt lee
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answered 15 years ago
Good afternoon. If you go to this hotel, I mean Concord Sport and do not plan excursions or trips to the old and new city, you can only take 15 dollars for a visa with you. Everything else you get at the hotel. Given that you already have a bathing mask and you are not a mango fan. If you don’t have this and love mangoes, then you can go to the old city, cross the hotel road, stop the minibus that goes there, one dollar and you are there in 25 minutes. We bought everything you need, came to the same place where they brought you, and again, for one dollar, we went to the Concord Sport Hotel, and all the fun. We always exchange dollars for pounds in the bank located at the entrance to the bazaar. And there is a bank in the hotel, but if you stand facing the hotel, then it is on the right (to Yanu you are wrong).
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answered 15 years ago
another "puncture" ... a minibus from there costs 2 pounds and not a dollar, it's already 3 pounds in Nabkh. For 1 dollar you can get there and back ...
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answered 15 years ago
Not a puncture, one dollar, and if you managed to ride for 2 pounds, I'm very happy for you.
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answered 15 years ago
one dollar is for the ignorant, and two pounds is a stable rate ...
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answered 15 years ago
and the word succeeded is not relevant here, I managed to ride for free, I don’t advise this ...
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answered 15 years ago
at least 15 bucks to get a visa)))
as well as the main item of expenditure-excursions and souvenirs. If you don’t buy a lot of junk and don’t go to the pyramids and Luxor, hang out in a hotel using the all-inclusive, then 200-300 bucks is more than enough.
as well as the main item of expenditure-excursions and souvenirs. If you don’t buy a lot of junk and don’t go to the pyramids and Luxor, hang out in a hotel using the all-inclusive, then 200-300 bucks is more than enough.
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answered 15 years ago
Copiki, my nickname is read and started, but oh well.
Where am I wrong?
Yes, the bank is on the right, but I wrote about the shop with souvenirs and masks, and it is on the left.
So where am I wrong?
Where am I wrong?
Yes, the bank is on the right, but I wrote about the shop with souvenirs and masks, and it is on the left.
So where am I wrong?
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answered 15 years ago
And I generally like this question when tourists ask))))))) You can not take it at all, or you can take 15 dollars for a visa and 20 for one excursion)))
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answered 15 years ago
At least $ 15 to buy a visa at the airport, and the rest - decide for yourself. I (+ wife + child) for the first time took 350 dollars, then more, more and reached 2000 and spent everything, and most importantly, that it’s not a pity.
One piece of advice: if local merchants ask "how many times have you been to Egypt?" , the answer should be "the seventh time", prices immediately become real
Operational info about the dollar exchange rate: http://www.cbe.org.eg/
One piece of advice: if local merchants ask "how many times have you been to Egypt?" , the answer should be "the seventh time", prices immediately become real
Operational info about the dollar exchange rate: http://www.cbe.org.eg/
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answered 15 years ago
100 bucks is enough.
don't waste your money, leave it for dwyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
don't waste your money, leave it for dwyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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answered 15 years ago
anbendas, share the secret of HOW and WHAT you can spend in Egypt an astronomical amount of 2000 dollars for this country? :))) Maybe I missed something?
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answered 15 years ago
Yes, you can spend everything that you take with you and 10 thousand USD, depending on what you want to buy, well, I’m figuratively. A person’s appetite wakes up while eating. And then a strange question, how much money do you need? clubs, additional restaurants, sleeping imports, leather, gold, aromatic oils, souvenirs, etc. Decide for yourself, well, not the last time you go.
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answered 15 years ago
It's best to bring dollars with you.
exchange some of them for small bills (for tips)
and exchange a small part of the money for local pounds
to buy small souvenirs
exchange some of them for small bills (for tips)
and exchange a small part of the money for local pounds
to buy small souvenirs
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answered 15 years ago
it's people like you who corrupt the servants with tips.
I was in Sunrise - you know one of the best hotels and didn’t give a single pound or a cent there - smiles and attention and an excellent room were without it! you yourself give and then complain why such Arabs are sticky. funny you. everything can be achieved in another way.
I was in Sunrise - you know one of the best hotels and didn’t give a single pound or a cent there - smiles and attention and an excellent room were without it! you yourself give and then complain why such Arabs are sticky. funny you. everything can be achieved in another way.
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answered 15 years ago
I wrote somewhere about sticky Arabs?
strange..
I have a solid positive from the rest in the hotels of Enipt
(Sunarise including)
strange..
I have a solid positive from the rest in the hotels of Enipt
(Sunarise including)
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answered 15 years ago
2 Allah13. "it's people like you who corrupt the servants with tips."
I don't understand anything! It is customary all over the world to tip ANY wait staff (if you are satisfied and want to encourage this staff), and not $ 1, but from 10% of the bill. The payment system they have is a small rate + tips. In many countries around the world, tips are immediately included in the bill. And about the Arabs, why be so indignant: how is it, to give a dollar, I paid for everything on an all-inclusive! If you don't want to, don't give it, your right, but there is no need to accuse others of "molesting" the staff.
I fully support Zlata28. I am always satisfied with my vacation in Egypt and I consider it right to tip if everything suits me.
I don't understand anything! It is customary all over the world to tip ANY wait staff (if you are satisfied and want to encourage this staff), and not $ 1, but from 10% of the bill. The payment system they have is a small rate + tips. In many countries around the world, tips are immediately included in the bill. And about the Arabs, why be so indignant: how is it, to give a dollar, I paid for everything on an all-inclusive! If you don't want to, don't give it, your right, but there is no need to accuse others of "molesting" the staff.
I fully support Zlata28. I am always satisfied with my vacation in Egypt and I consider it right to tip if everything suits me.
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answered 15 years ago
orhideya21 Completely agree. My friend's younger sister is a student, worked as a waitress in Canada and told me that 10% of the bill is an unshakable rule. They can give more, but never less. The same is in Europe. The salaries of waiters are cheap all over the world, their earnings are tips. But in Russia, for some reason, they think this way: if I VERY like the service, I'll leave a tip, no - sorry. And, of course, no one will stop you, but there is something indecent in this. It's like going to a birthday without a present.
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answered 15 years ago
upon arrival, we always change at the hotel bank for pounds at 50 dollars / person to pay for trips by minibus to the market (before or after dinner) at the OLD MARKET (in winter for strawberries (5 pounds packing about kg), packaged GUAVA juice, we buy stoles, t-shirts, pareos for gifts for POUNDS - it's cheaper). Next, change dollars to pounds as needed (again in the hotel bank). EXCURSIONS, SPA MASSAGES (10-15 USD/person) WE BUY FOR DOLLARS.
If you are not going to go on expensive excursions: ISRAEL, JORDAN, CAIRO-ALEXANDRIA, then for a couple of excursions, for small souvenirs, for tips, goodies: strawberries, juice, etc., you will need 250-300 dollars with a margin. hotels (this happens even from safes)
But that's what makes a good holiday in EGYPT ALL INCLUSIVE with DRINKS, that you can not disturb your wallet there without additional need
(in contrast to the EUROPEAN BEACH HOLIDAY under the name "evrika-there, evrika-here: tip (no one canceled) + beach + sunbed + umbrella + dinners and often the vaunted European resort vacation turns out to be "golden")
If you are not going to go on expensive excursions: ISRAEL, JORDAN, CAIRO-ALEXANDRIA, then for a couple of excursions, for small souvenirs, for tips, goodies: strawberries, juice, etc., you will need 250-300 dollars with a margin. hotels (this happens even from safes)
But that's what makes a good holiday in EGYPT ALL INCLUSIVE with DRINKS, that you can not disturb your wallet there without additional need
(in contrast to the EUROPEAN BEACH HOLIDAY under the name "evrika-there, evrika-here: tip (no one canceled) + beach + sunbed + umbrella + dinners and often the vaunted European resort vacation turns out to be "golden")
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answered 15 years ago
mari-a, but tell me, did your friend's sister say - is it not customary in Canada to cheat a client, or to bring the wrong devices, etc.?
My husband and I have just arrived from a restaurant, a good one, "World Map", had dinner, brought a check, read (you can throw tomatoes, but I ALWAYS read checks) "cornel fruit drink" - 2 - 144 UAH. We drank half a liter of fruit drink at a price of 72 UAH / liter, and the waiter did not divide by two, but multiplied. The question is, did he deserve a tip?
Both at home and abroad - if the service is bad - I will not give a tip, normal - ladies, good - I will give more. And I don't care what a lazy maid or a negligent waiter thinks of me.
My husband and I have just arrived from a restaurant, a good one, "World Map", had dinner, brought a check, read (you can throw tomatoes, but I ALWAYS read checks) "cornel fruit drink" - 2 - 144 UAH. We drank half a liter of fruit drink at a price of 72 UAH / liter, and the waiter did not divide by two, but multiplied. The question is, did he deserve a tip?
Both at home and abroad - if the service is bad - I will not give a tip, normal - ladies, good - I will give more. And I don't care what a lazy maid or a negligent waiter thinks of me.
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answered 15 years ago
Pachok
A sister's friend told me a lot of interesting things. For example, if a person comes in in the evening and wants to drink a cup of coffee, she will say that the coffee machine is broken. Otherwise, he will sit all evening drinking coffee for $5. And the table is occupied and the tip is 50 cents. A smart person will either order something to drink or leave. Make room for a client with money. What you are talking about is a clear scam. This should not be encouraged.
But this is rare. But the toad, which strangles a Russian person, if necessary, to leave a tip, is a common phenomenon. Well, why? I may never eat here again! Why waste money?
A sister's friend told me a lot of interesting things. For example, if a person comes in in the evening and wants to drink a cup of coffee, she will say that the coffee machine is broken. Otherwise, he will sit all evening drinking coffee for $5. And the table is occupied and the tip is 50 cents. A smart person will either order something to drink or leave. Make room for a client with money. What you are talking about is a clear scam. This should not be encouraged.
But this is rare. But the toad, which strangles a Russian person, if necessary, to leave a tip, is a common phenomenon. Well, why? I may never eat here again! Why waste money?
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answered 15 years ago
You need to take more money .. In order not to deny yourself anything))))
It's better to bring change! ))
It's better to bring change! ))
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answered 15 years ago
take dollars with you. There you can exchange for Egyptian pounds. it is desirable to change money in a bank. do not be lazy to go to the city and change money. it is better not to change money in a hotel
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answered 14 years ago
KATYSHKA at least you look when the question was asked, the person has already traveled for a long time and forgot ...
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