gt68
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I just came back from 8 days on Coz. April 19 dollars were accepted everywhere we went.
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randykiw
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Just returned from cozumel on saturday 23. dollars accepted everywhere
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What were the rates? WSJ is giving 11.6117 to 1, but they can't match that as they get dinged by the one Bank of Mexico. 10.45 to 1 would be nice but they usually just use 10.
randykiw
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the presidente' hotel was giving 11.36 i believe it was to exchange money.
This is an old link, there was a lot of fuss about this late last year, then it all changed and that was prior to my trip at the end of November. I have booked directly with the hotel for September and the most I can pay is US$ is $1500. The ruling doesn't really effect tourists but does effect businesses like tour operators paying into their bank accounts.
I am travelling to Mexico so will take mostly pesos, but I will take some dollars as a backup.
Interesting........I always stay at Residencias Reef Condos and for years did my money exchange at the Wyndum next door. Last Sept. they no longer were doing money exchange at the front desk. The manager said that all the hotels were no longer able to offer the service and I would need to either use the ATMs to WD funds or go the the money exchange booths that are placed (several locations) in town. They never have good exchange rates. I ended up using one of them once and then had my dive shop do an exchange for me of about $600 and that handled me the rest of the trip. Either they have changed this protocol/law or the manager at Wyndam last Sept didnt know what he was talking about but THEY were not doing money exchange anylonger.
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