Dollar, paper or pesos: how to pay for tickets and hotels abroad today

In the current economic environment, those planning to travel abroad have doubts What is the most convenient way to cover expenses? out of the country and optimize your savings.

It happens that, while until a couple of months ago it was more convenient to pay expenses in pesos by credit card due to the price level of the blue dollar or the MEP dollar, Today it seems more attractive to think about using mattress dollars to resolve the exits.

Basically, because the price of The “tourist” dollar, used for credit card payments, is currently in the range of $1,391 while the parallel dollar is around $1,025 and the MEP or stock market is at $1,029. A few days ago, the convenience was even greater because the blue has accumulated an increase of 30 dollars in the last week, after having fallen by 55 dollars in the previous week until it fell below one thousand pesos.

Paying with greenbacks hurts big travel agencies they cannot collect cashWith which they are losing a lot of sales by smaller or traditional companies that can facilitate customer payment in this way, or even via a deposit or bank transfer, an industry agency commented.

Just some online platforms are implementing other ways so that customers can pay like in traditional agencies. They do it to avoid losing the market.

A large agency like Despegar, for example, notifies its clients with a banner on their website that they pay the hotel abroad with the card and then pay the summary in dollars in your account (and not in pesos) “so they will not apply COUNTRY taxes or perceptions”.

Furthermore, from now on, Almundo agencies are enabled the ability to pay with dollars in cash. “Even though it only applies to international purchases, it represents a great savings opportunity you avoid paying up to 60% in taxes. This has been very well received by the public since there was a considerable increase in sales with this method”, they underlined in that company.

The QuizViajero Newsletter gives advice on paying expenses abroad: “You can buy on airline or hotel websites or car rental or any service that accepts the dollar as currency, You pay with your credit card and then cancel the dollar payment at the bank. before the card’s expiry date. Not all airlines allow this option. In general you should try access the website of another country of that airline, In the case of Iberia, for example, you have to purchase on the Iberia Spain website,” explained the specialized media.

For those who do not have the possibility of paying in dollars, keep in mind that paying in pesos by credit card means calculating the expense according to the “tourist” dollar, currently at $1,391. This value is obtained by adding the 30% surcharge on the official exchange rate, in the PAIS tax concept, plus an advance on income tax collection of 30%.

Yes, OK the latter tax can be recovered Since AFIP returns it starting from January of the following year, not all people have the opportunity to see a refund. Furthermore, in a context of high inflation, one must also think that the sum will certainly lose value.