Cash or Card? Countries where you still need cash.

[SYD]

We just came back from Buenos Aires and Ushuaia. We didn't need a lot of cash and mainly used card. We caught Ubers everywhere, incl to / from AEP / Eze so that was paid by card

Yep. Used Uber there (and Chile, Uruguay) and know that CC/DCs work but it still looks like cash is king if you go to a Cambio.

18mths ago we’d cash $50 and leave with a wad of notes. That was ~350 pesos to the USD. Now it’s 1300+ .

Fortunately, we found an ATM in Uruguay that happily spat out fresh crisp USDs prior to getting to Argentina!

 

[kpc]

Yep. Used Uber there (and Chile, Uruguay) and know that CC/DCs work but it still looks like cash is king if you go to a Cambio.

18mths ago we’d cash $50 and leave with a wad of notes. That was ~350 pesos to the USD. Now it’s 1300+ .

Fortunately, we found an ATM in Uruguay that happily spat out fresh crisp USDs prior to getting to Argentina!

I think the rate difference between Cambio and card is not that big now to make it worthwhile but YMMV.

 

[SYD]

I think the rate difference between Cambio and card is not that big now to make it worthwhile but YMMV.

That’s what we thought but will double check.

The “official” Cambios are shockers - much worse than CC. The touts in Calle Florida can be dodgy but there are shops nearby that were quite good.