Travel tips (EN)

Here are a few pieces of advice: Argentina is a wonderful country to visit but a few tips can help you avoid inconvenients. Follow them and you will enjoy a quiet and safe journey:
- never grab a taxi in the street: we will soon edit in this blog a series of useful phone numbers. One of them will be a taxi company that can attend in English. It is both very practical and cheap to travel by taxi in Buenos Aires but you should always call and ask for car, rather than pick one at random in the street. While in your hotel, ask the reception to call or book a taxi for you,
- beware of pickpockets. Logically and unfortunately, touristic places are likely to attract pickpockets. The best advice we can give you is to "travel light", that is to say to leave all valuable belongings in a safe in your hotel room.
- in restaurants, tip is never included. The usual practice is to leave a 10% tip in cash. When dealing with very minor services (hotel groom, valet parking, etc.) the practice is to give 2 pesos ($) aprox.
- In Argentina, the $ symbol refers to argentinian pesos, while US dolars will be represented by the following symbol U$D. It is very easy to mix them. Fewer and fewer prices are shown in US dolars.
That's all. Enjoy your stay.