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Money Matters

29/7/2012

2 Comments

 
Is it safe to use ATMs in Ethiopia, or is it better to bring cash to change?

Ethiopia is mainly a cash society. In most of the places we will visit you will not be able to use a credit card.

When I visited last year I tried a number of ATMs - but none of them worked. I ended up using cash for everything. I changed my currency at the hotel and kept the cash in the hotel safe  and carried small amounts of cash with me. I had no problems changing dollars, Pounds or Euros.

There are lots of banks around - and will be able to change money in the different hotels. It is best not to change more than you need - as it might not be easy to change back at the end.

I also found things much cheaper in Ethiopia than I expected - so money lasted longer than anticipated








2 Comments
Susan
22/12/2012 08:40:45 pm

Is it also the same for changing USD as for Euros and Pounds? Easy to change at hotels?

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Rabbi Chaim
24/12/2012 04:32:48 am

Yes - the same is true for American Dollars and Euros. They are very used to the main international currencies.

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