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Where is the best place to change dollars?
Where is it better to exchange dollars for shek. They will be needed already at the airport. And secondly: is it necessary to have a credit card with you or can you get by with cash.
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It is not necessary to have a bank card, it is your own business. Upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, you can immediately exchange a small part of the currency for shekels, so that it is enough to get to the place for the first evening (the rate is not profitable, because a percentage is charged for the transaction). Because I went to Jerusalem only to look, and not stop at its exchangers, I can’t say anything, but it’s typical for Israel that the exchange rate is higher for Arab money changers, that is, look for Arab exchangers and ask if there is a commission, if not, feel free change.
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answered 13 years ago
It is very convenient to have a bank card, I will not go anywhere without it.
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answered 13 years ago
About a bank card, the thing is great for paying in stores, shopping centers, pharmacies, duty free, etc., I also always pay by bank transfer, besides, an electronic wallet is always with you, but God forbid you withdraw cash from it in a foreign country (you can later regret the "treachery" of the bank for a long time - as a rule, extortionate interest comes!). Therefore, part of the cash currency is needed unambiguously.
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answered 13 years ago
By the way, there are several exchange offices in the arrivals terminal in Ben Gurion, and the exchange rate in them is different, do not be too lazy to compare the exchange rate and commissions.
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answered 13 years ago
There are no words .... alone ...........
You are a cardholder of a particular bank, so please consult this particular bank before you travel. Conversion takes place within the framework of international interbank agreements.
What treachery and predatory interest?!
I have a classic visa and a standard master card. both ruble. Sberbank of the Russian Federation. If I use ATMs of the Security Council of the Russian Federation for cashing out, then the commission is 0. If I use ATMs of third-party banking organizations in ANY COUNTRY OF THE WORLD, then the commission is 90 rubles per transaction, regardless of the withdrawal amount. If I make purchases on the territory of the Russian Federation, then I do not pay any commissions and interest, only the amount of the purchase is withdrawn from the card. Abroad, only the purchase amount in dollars, euros, shekels is also withdrawn from the card, while the conversion of the ruble-dollar, ruble-shekel takes place at the STATE rate. And the bank sends me a detailed report on all transactions by e-mail, indicating the address, phone number, cash register number and receipt of all outlets and ATMs that I used.
You are a cardholder of a particular bank, so please consult this particular bank before you travel. Conversion takes place within the framework of international interbank agreements.
What treachery and predatory interest?!
I have a classic visa and a standard master card. both ruble. Sberbank of the Russian Federation. If I use ATMs of the Security Council of the Russian Federation for cashing out, then the commission is 0. If I use ATMs of third-party banking organizations in ANY COUNTRY OF THE WORLD, then the commission is 90 rubles per transaction, regardless of the withdrawal amount. If I make purchases on the territory of the Russian Federation, then I do not pay any commissions and interest, only the amount of the purchase is withdrawn from the card. Abroad, only the purchase amount in dollars, euros, shekels is also withdrawn from the card, while the conversion of the ruble-dollar, ruble-shekel takes place at the STATE rate. And the bank sends me a detailed report on all transactions by e-mail, indicating the address, phone number, cash register number and receipt of all outlets and ATMs that I used.
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answered 13 years ago
When I changed cash in Israel, they gave me 1 shekel for 10 rubles. When I used the cards of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, it turned out that Sberbank gave me 1 shekel for 8.8 rubles.
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answered 13 years ago
Everywhere in Israel and at the airport, including looking for red ATMs. This is Bank Hapoalim. He accepts our cards. AND ONLY HIS MENU IS IN RUSSIAN.
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answered 13 years ago
The most unfavorable exchange rate at the airport, on the Dead Sea and in Jerusalem. I'm talking about Jewish exchangers. The most profitable euro-shekel exchange in East Jerusalem is with the Arabs. Only the exchange of the Jordanian dinar for the shekel is cooler. Arabs can change rubles and hryvnias.
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answered 13 years ago
You must have cash currency (dollars or euros) with you because of the calculation of $ 100 per person per day, because upon arrival at customs you have the right to inspect the contents of the wallet. This may not happen. But I was once forced to show all the cash and cards.
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answered 13 years ago
If you are going to visit the place of Christmas - Bethlehem (Bethlehem) on your own, then you will have to :-) wander through the streets of East Jerusalem. Because that's where the Palestinian buses go to Bethlehem. Israelis to the Palestinian territories are not a foot. Here at the same time you will change the euro.
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answered 13 years ago
If they check how much currency I take with me, do they check all cash and cards? I must have at least $100 per day. This amount includes the amount of the card. For example: if I'm going for 10 days. I must have $500 in cash and $500 on my card. Or do you mean that I should have $1,000 in net cash?
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answered 13 years ago
it turns out that the cash should be 1000. but in general the security service has an individual approach to everyone. I don't know why they counted my money. I had dollars and euros with me. when they began to consider the cards, I immediately said that these cards can be cashed in Apoalim Bank ATMs, and that I can demonstrate this right now. as my friends living in Israel later explained to me, that by Israeli standards I look good and look younger than in my passport, and that most likely I was suspected of having come to work in Israel, i.e. work as a prostitute.
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answered 13 years ago
there is even a moment of bullying.... especially on the way back, when you leave the country... of course, as always and everywhere, we carefully pack our luggage, especially if there are fragile, breakable objects, everything is in bags, little thing to little thing so that everything goes in and the suitcase closes. don't try! In Ben Gurion, you take everything out of your suitcase and put it on the table for inspection... you get a pile of clothes, like in a landfill, which you somehow need to stuff back, break your nails, closing the suitcase. The Dead Sea mud was taken away from me, it flew separately, it was returned only in Moscow. If you see how compatriots are suffering next to you, don’t try to help pack your things and close your suitcase, they will think that you are together, and this is already a terrorist group, they will bug you and them again. do not do your hair with hairpins, all the hairpins were pulled out of my hair, probably they were looking for a detonator.
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answered 13 years ago
upon arrival and departure, if they begin to interrogate, then they ask the same questions many times - a psychological trick - to check whether you will become nervous and lie.
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answered 13 years ago