ldubs Posted January 8, 2018 #1 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Are U.S. Dollars generally accepted by vendors in the moreheavily “touristed” areas of Argentina, Brazil, & Uruguay? I'm asking more in terms of small tourist shop purchases than anything else. I realize there is an exchange rate consideration, but just want to know if a dollar will likely be accepted. Just as an FYI we will be docking in the following cruiseport towns/cities: Buenos Aires Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo Ilhabela Buzios Punta Del Este Montevideo Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailco Posted January 8, 2018 #2 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Are U.S. Dollars generally accepted by vendors in the moreheavily “touristed” areas of Argentina, Brazil, & Uruguay? I'm asking more in terms of small tourist shop purchases than anything else. I realize there is an exchange rate consideration, but just want to know if a dollar will likely be accepted. Just as an FYI we will be docking in the following cruiseport towns/cities: Buenos Aires Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo Ilhabela Buzios Punta Del Este Montevideo Thanks in advance. Definitely yes. Take plenty of small denomination notes. Just remember you'll probably get the local currency if you need change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted January 8, 2018 #3 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Yes, USA currency will be accepted but not at all places. Some require local currency for sure. So there is not a definitive answer for this. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted January 9, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Thank you. Kind of what I figured but always good to confirm. Take Care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted January 9, 2018 #5 Share Posted January 9, 2018 You are very welcome. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montana skies Posted January 15, 2018 #6 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Every place I visited took US dollars. Could also use Argentine money in most Chile locations, but not all. Do not try to use Argentine money in Falklands. British pounds and US is ok. Also,don't try to use Brit money in Argentina. The 1982 Falklands battle is still a very raw wound for inhabitants of both locations. Also, previous comment about getting change in local currency is correct. Expect that if you get any change at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunenburg Posted January 16, 2018 #7 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Every place I visited took US dollars. Could also use Argentine money in most Chile locations, but not all. Do not try to use Argentine money in Falklands. British pounds and US is ok. Also,don't try to use Brit money in Argentina. The 1982 Falklands battle is still a very raw wound for inhabitants of both locations. Also, previous comment about getting change in local currency is correct. Expect that if you get any change at all. You might find it easier to use a credit card where accepted. At least you won't end up with change you cannot use. You will also probably find several places to change dollars - Cambios - they post the exchange rate- you can get currency for all three countries quite easily at the same place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Girl of VA Posted March 7, 2018 #8 Share Posted March 7, 2018 We needed Argentine dollars for the cabs. They would not take credit cards or US dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunenburg Posted March 8, 2018 #9 Share Posted March 8, 2018 We took a cab in Santos Brazil and the driver quoted in US dollars - I asked the price in Reals and it was about half what he wanted in dollars so I paid in Reals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Girl of VA Posted March 8, 2018 #10 Share Posted March 8, 2018 We took a cab in Santos Brazil and the driver quoted in US dollars - I asked the price in Reals and it was about half what he wanted in dollars so I paid in Reals. Our cab ride was in Buenos Aires and they are the ones that wanted Argentinian currency. When we wanted to go to the airport we had our hotel call for one that would accept our credit card. We had no problem anywhere else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise NH Posted March 14, 2018 #11 Share Posted March 14, 2018 We just returned from a circumnavigation of south america and found that US $ were accepted everywhere we went accept a resort community near Valpariaso but you're not going there. There is a thriving underground economy in SA where the US $ is used to buy goods, etc. We did get Brazilian money while we were there because we were spending so many days. Buzios is lovely...you'll love it and they take USD. We just used an ATM to get the Brazilian money. I ran out of nice crisp bills quickly but had no problem buying with my older (but not ripped) dollars. One other thing is the $ sign is used in a number of countries to signify their own currency (it's not exclusive to us, aus, nz or ca). Make sure you know what they are quoting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog Posted March 15, 2018 #12 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Our cab ride was in Buenos Aires and they are the ones that wanted Argentinian currency. When we wanted to go to the airport we had our hotel call for one that would accept our credit card. We had no problem anywhere else What is the cost from your hotel to EZE by the taxi your hotel arranged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Girl of VA Posted March 15, 2018 #13 Share Posted March 15, 2018 What is the cost from your hotel to EZE by the taxi your hotel arranged? I did not go to EZE but rather AEP so I could fly to Iguazu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted March 19, 2018 #14 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Just back from Zaandam BsAs to San Antonio. I took all currencies with me. The one currency they didn’t seem to want was Uruguay Pesos. In Uruguay I got the best exchange rate with Reales, then Argentina pesos. (Then there was the guy at the Port Market that wanted to give me a discount of 10% if I used my credit card:o. Needless to say, we did NO business.) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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