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Attention to all who are going to visit GOA in the near future! I will describe the details below.
Attention to all who are going to visit GOA in the near future! I will describe the details below.
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Warning to all who are planning a trip to India in the near future!!
We are currently resting in GOA (south) and it turns out that they are carrying out a monetary reform here, in connection with which they study banknotes of 500 and 1000 rupees from circulation, but this does not prevent the local merchant from putting them in when calculating, well, you still don’t know . And when you try to pay with them in stores, they report that these bills are not accepted for settlement. They can still be accepted into the neck, but at the same time warns that this is old money. There is also a problem with withdrawing money from the card - queues .... On average, you stand for about an hour to withdraw money, but there are limits for one card no more than 2000 rupees per day (fortunately, we have two of them). If you want to change dollars (in past years we always changed in necks), then they also have a problem with a cash rupee, it turned out to be a problem to place a 100 dollar bill, it’s good that there were small ones. Of course, there are no paths in all this, if you are aware, and not a single infection told us about this when buying a tour, but the guide with whom
We are currently resting in GOA (south) and it turns out that they are carrying out a monetary reform here, in connection with which they study banknotes of 500 and 1000 rupees from circulation, but this does not prevent the local merchant from putting them in when calculating, well, you still don’t know . And when you try to pay with them in stores, they report that these bills are not accepted for settlement. They can still be accepted into the neck, but at the same time warns that this is old money. There is also a problem with withdrawing money from the card - queues .... On average, you stand for about an hour to withdraw money, but there are limits for one card no more than 2000 rupees per day (fortunately, we have two of them). If you want to change dollars (in past years we always changed in necks), then they also have a problem with a cash rupee, it turned out to be a problem to place a 100 dollar bill, it’s good that there were small ones. Of course, there are no paths in all this, if you are aware, and not a single infection told us about this when buying a tour, but the guide with whom
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answered 8 years ago
, and the guide, with whom the meeting was to take place, scheduled it for the morning of the third day, when we had already encountered some problems and were already aware of what was happening with 10,500 acres in the hands of the old model. Later they gradually changed them into necks for us, but they could have said goodbye. Take some cards and a small dollar with you. This time we went without children, together with my husband, and got out, but if you go as a family, then you need more money, and run daily to the ATM .... We are not close, and the queues are long. They used to give a bill in the neck, and the rest went to the next time, but this is not always convenient. But in general, the rest is excellent, which is what I wish everyone!
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answered 8 years ago
We fly to Goa (Northern) in the second half of December. We were told that sellers began to accept any currency: rubles, dollars, euros. We hope that everything will be fine by the time we arrive. But how "smart" do you have to be to start a monetary reform from the beginning of the tourist season and without being prepared. The old money was confiscated, the new ones were not delivered.
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answered 8 years ago
Judging by the fact that yesterday we were offered during a currency exchange - if we give old money (old rupees), then the rate is 65 rupees, and if new, then 60, the situation worsens. The husband withdrew rupees from an ATM and looked into the neighboring bank premises, where he was offered an exchange according to the same scheme. And another joke, it matters new dollars or old exchange rates. Ak will be offered different ones. Well, we were faced with the fact that they simply refused to accept our 10 dollars due to old age (an absolutely normal bill, we have such calmly walking around). They gave 50 dollars in necks and we eat in one neck on account of this money, somehow it is necessary to solve the situation. And no one warns about this before the trip, this situation is annoying.
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answered 8 years ago
We had no problems with the exchange. Changed only acres - twice at the owner of the hotel and once at the tour desk. At the rate of 66. All the times we were given thousandth and five-hundred bills. They took it in shacks and wineshops without problems, and in the markets, however, too. It all depended on how much change had to be given. If there are many, then they drilled something there. I made a blank face and the problem was solved - after all, I could leave and buy elsewhere. But when I wanted to hand over fifty kopecks, the owner said that the rate would be less. I didn't even bother to specify which one. And at the ATM, there really was a line of 5 people. And sometimes it was closed in broad daylight. Apparently, the cash is still not enough.
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answered 8 years ago
Continued .... I don’t scare anyone, but today the last ATM was closed and there is nowhere to withdraw local currency .. Friends who expected to rest here on January 15 will try to return tickets in order to fly away now, because their cash dollar turned out to be old for Indians, and they can exchange it but at a lower rate .... They could not withdraw money from an ATM and, in fact, were left without money.
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answered 8 years ago
In, damn it, hit it! Apparently, we were very lucky and we slipped on time!
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answered 8 years ago
When we arrived, we seemed to have nothing, they exchanged the first hundred and while the money was not even thought about it, and when we went to change the second, the required amount of cash was not in the neck, they came to the ATM and there was an ambush. The hotel paid by bank transfer and also at first somehow did not feel any problems. But then on the beach we met a family of 6 people and with one card per family .... they counted on an ATM and took a little cash, and as a result, they now count the days until departure, as there is catastrophically not enough money for food.
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answered 8 years ago
Have you tried to exchange in Colva not in shek, but in a travel agency? At them on a show-window the ekschendzh is clearly written?
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answered 8 years ago
Tried. The exchange rate for old rupees is 65, and for new 60. Well, I did not make this post in order to tell how bad everything is, and so on. If you eat in one neck, you can always agree. Yes, and we, fortunately, had cash with us, although we expected to go on various excursions, we had to cut back and revise our visit plan. We specially went without children in order to see especially remote places, temples (children still do not welcome this very much) they simply do not tell about the problems that the arrived tourist may face at the moment. And even the representative of the TO at the hotel smiled sweetly (this is when we showed her our 10 old 500 - they showed us the ones that were handed to us the day before during the exchange and who refused to accept the calculation in the store) and said that everything would be fine in a couple of days. And during this time, the limit at the ATM was reduced from 2500 to 2000, and now there is nowhere to withdraw this .... Therefore, read and draw conclusions.
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answered 8 years ago
And all 500 and 1000 bills are old. New ones for 2000. But if they don’t want to accept old ones in small shops and liquor stores, it makes sense for them to lose a buyer. It seems that banks are changing, but I still could not achieve it with or without a commission. We don’t need it, my husband found an ATM somewhere in the outskirts and withdrew money, enough for souvenirs. In minimarkets you can pay with a card (my husband found one today and stocked up on beer and drinks)
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answered 8 years ago
The banks probably have an awesome commission, otherwise they would change everything there, and not contact dubious personalities.
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answered 8 years ago
There is a problem, that's what they write in the press, the Indian government has allowed foreign citizens to exchange foreign currency within the limits of 5,000 rupees per week (about $ 73).
In addition to this innovation, from midnight on Thursday, the exchange of old banknotes for new ones at the cash desks of banks ceases, now they can only be deposited in a bank account. According to a press release, the government noted that "the dynamics of the exchange of old banknotes of 500 and 1,000 rupees at the bank's counter shows a downward trend."
Source: RIA Novosti
In addition to this innovation, from midnight on Thursday, the exchange of old banknotes for new ones at the cash desks of banks ceases, now they can only be deposited in a bank account. According to a press release, the government noted that "the dynamics of the exchange of old banknotes of 500 and 1,000 rupees at the bank's counter shows a downward trend."
Source: RIA Novosti
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answered 8 years ago
Cool! Of course, I would have kept within 5000 rupees a week, but this is only for vegetarian lunches and rum with fruit for dinner. No shopping and other pleasures :((
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answered 8 years ago
Good afternoon! we have already arrived (today). In Sheik, where we were regular visitors, they met us in every possible way and even exchanged all the old banknotes that we were given out of our ignorance on the first day of the exchange. Any dollars from 1 to 100 were accepted at the rate of 66 (they also gave change to tourists eating from them), which saved us from unnecessary running around in search of an ATM (although my husband, when we went shopping in Colva, still regularly tried to withdraw money from the card because it was beneficial). When buying tea, they paid by card. In the grocery store, my husband was also stingy there and paid with a card, and even at excellent prices. That is, of course, there are ways to solve all these moments, unless of course you know that there are such moments in general and make sure to meet them in various ways. By the way, for the day before departure, when they stopped accepting 500 acres altogether, they again tried to hand them over to my husband on the fruit stand .. in the form of change from 2000 rupees issued by an ATM ..... here are the people.
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answered 8 years ago
Have you got some news? How is the exchange rate now? Hope everything gets better.
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answered 8 years ago
How to determine where are the old and where are the new banknotes? Look at the year of issue and take 500 and 1000 rupees of 2016 release?
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answered 8 years ago