[Tango-L] Report from Buenos Aires #4: Before you dance?

[Don Klein]

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> Sergio Vandekier wrote:
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> To exchange money you may use banks, Casas de cambio ("Cambio", or ATM machines. 
> The ATM machine may charge a fee if you use cards from a different banck, it will not charge a fee if you use a branch of the bank that isued the card. (This is the same as at home).
> The fee charged sometimes is for "each transaction" even when you ask for your balance. I heard (I am not sure) the fee is anywhere from 2 to 8 dollars).
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I've never been charged a fee--in BsAs, Europe, Taiwan.  In my limited 
experience the US is the only place where banks charges  fees if you 
withdraw from another bank's ATM (which also charges a fee).  If your 
bank  charges Foreign Currency Transaction fees/Currency Exchange fees, 
find a different bank, at least for overseas travel.
> For transportation from the airport at Ezeiza you may go to the "Ezeiza TAxi" stand in the hall after you leave coustoms.  It is a Blue and white stand and it has a board listing the fare to different areas of the city. 
> If you use a porter for your luggage do not allow him to select the remis company as he most certainly will have a comission that will be charged to you. 
> The usual transportation fee from Ezeiza to most places in town is 80 to 100 pesos (28 dollars). This includes the toll (less than 10 pesos).
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Although slightly more expensive, I'd like to put in a pitch for Dante 
Proaño <http://www.dantesairporttransfers.hazedaze.com/>.  We've used 
him every trip, to & from, makes arriving/departing more painless.

Don