In Ecuador, the Frugal Traveler Tries Luxury

Re:In Ecuador, the Frugal Traveler Tries Luxury by jandrese on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @12:31PM (#11067016)

Ecuador is surprisingly well built up. It was definitely my biggest surprise when traveling South America. People who know it mostly from the economic collapse around the turn of the century will be surprised at how much progress they have made.

As an added bonus for US travelers, they use the US dollar as their primary currency. No obnoxious money exchanges to deal with! The only thing to watch out for is change, because Ecuador mints some of their own "dollars" that obviously won't be worth anything in the US.

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Re:In Ecuador, the Frugal Traveler Tries Luxury by aaren on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @11:50AM (#11074028)

Is it easy to change the local 'dollars' for true US dollars? Is it 1:1 or are they less valuable?

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Re:In Ecuador, the Frugal Traveler Tries Luxury by jandrese on Thursday February 11, 2016 @09:51AM (#11080415)

I don't know, I avoided them entirely except for a bit of change I kept as a souvenir.

One of the biggest surprises: Walking up to an ATM and withdrawing US cash with no fees at all. Not even the bullshit "you're not a member of our bank, so we'll charge you an extra dollar".

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