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Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. UBB Code™ Images not permitted.	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Charm El Feikh?: [QB] whatever she does advise her NOT to take the new american express travellers cheque CARD... its not accepted anywhere... the American Egyptian Bank took it twice, then refused it! even the thomas cook (which is where i bought it under their recommendation) wouldnt take it!!! [/QB][/QUOTE]

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With a name like Smuckers Member # 10289	posted I have a friend coming to Egypt from the states, she wants to know if ATMS are readily available for use for her. I've never been here as a traveler and always just converted my US dollars into LE so I'm not really sure, can anyone help with advice? Thanks
Snoozin Member # 6244	posted There were ATMs in Alfa Market stores and all the hotels... I used them all the time, no problem. (Oh this was Cairo, I don't know about anywhere else).
Madame M. Member # 8386	posted Yes, they are very readily available especially in big cities like Alex and Cairo. Just like in the states. It's nice because the ATM gives you LE so you don't have to worry about converting it.
With a name like Smuckers Member # 10289	posted Thanks!
Timo Member # 7193	posted Visa cards & mastercards work well for me in here ...i also had a CIB ATM card but it was shi-t...sum times there r errors and sum times it didnt work ...but in Cairo u will find alot of ATM's
Snoozin Member # 6244	posted It was actually cheaper for me to use ATMs in Egypt than to use a foreign ATM here in the States...the fees are lower!
Egyptian Mafia Member # 10974	posted for me...I have a Canadian ATM Card...what it will do is...give me LE but then it will convert it to US first and then to Canadian! so it is a bit expensive! and for every intl ATM usage it is like $3 or $4
With a name like Smuckers Member # 10289	posted ohhh that's great do they exchange money in the hotels as well?
Egyptian Mafia Member # 10974	posted there are banks and currency excahge kiosk in hotels!
With a name like Smuckers Member # 10289	posted so the money comes from the ATM in LE ?
Madame M. Member # 8386	posted Really? They don't just give you LE? That's weird! I have a US ATM card from my bank and the ATMs wouldn't give me US$ even if I wanted it.
Snoozin Member # 6244	posted quote: Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: so the money comes from the ATM in LE ? Yes, it's Egyptian money. On your bank statement, it will have been deducted in U.S. dollars, but what comes out of the machine, and what is on the receipt, is Egyptian pounds. In the Sheraton Heliopolis and the Sonesta in Helioplis, there are money exchange counters as well. I think the ATMs are the easiest though, although I tried getting 800 pounds out once and the machine didn't have it, so if you want large amounts, an exchange counter might be necessary.
With a name like Smuckers Member # 10289	posted Thanks so much ! The information has been great and I think will help her so much!
Charm El Feikh? Member # 10243	posted whatever she does advise her NOT to take the new american express travellers cheque CARD... its not accepted anywhere... the American Egyptian Bank took it twice, then refused it! even the thomas cook (which is where i bought it under their recommendation) wouldnt take it!!!
Samia Member # 4691	posted In Hurghada there's an ATM on almost every street corner!!!
oldbag Member # 9889	posted quote: Originally posted by Charm El Feikh?: whatever she does advise her NOT to take the new american express travellers cheque CARD... its not accepted anywhere... the American Egyptian Bank took it twice, then refused it! even the thomas cook (which is where i bought it under their recommendation) wouldnt take it!!! Thanks for that piece of info, I have been thinking about getting one of those - could you use it in the ATM? I've found my Barclaycard works in all the ATMs but as someone else said, if you need a lot, you might have to take it out in parts from different machines. My Lloyds Bank debit card also worked in the ATMs but the maximum I could take out on that was a lot lower than on the Barclaycard.
Charm El Feikh? Member # 10243	posted nope.... NO ONE accepted it. my bank cards were fine... i could use them in all banks/atms/hotels/restaurants etc... but the AE travchek card was a joke... when i came home i complained, and they said "sorry, you should never have been recommended that for egypt"
Charm El Feikh? Member # 10243	posted oh... and i wasnt the only one in the hotel complaining about it... i met a few people who were all having the same problem.
Penny Member # 1925	posted The ATM's I have used give out a maximum of LE500, you can keep putting your card in but of course you get charged each time. Has anyone tried these new currecy exchange machines? I have not been brave enough yet.
oldbag Member # 9889	posted quote: Originally posted by Penny: The ATM's I have used give out a maximum of LE500, you can keep putting your card in but of course you get charged each time. Has anyone tried these new currecy exchange machines? I have not been brave enough yet. I think I managed to get 4000LE out of one ATM in Luxor!
ael_husseiny Member # 10201	posted HELLO BEST ATMS HERE ARE THE HSBC BANK ATMS THEY HAVE ALOT OF BRANCHES IN STATES CALLED MARINE MIDDLAND U COULD WITHDRAW FROM HERE AND DEPOSIT THERE AND VICE VERSA ITS THE MOST POPULAR HERE IN EGYPT TOO AND EASILY FOUND AT ANY PLACE
Egyptian Mafia Member # 10974	posted HELLO HSBC HAS BRANCHES IN US AND CANADA. YOU CAN EVEN OPEN AN ACCOUNT HERE AND PUT MONEY IN IT WHILE YOU ARE IN US OR CANADA. ITS POPULAR TOO OUTSIDE! HEY, DID I MENTION THAT HSBC STANDS FOR: HONGKONG SHANGHAY BANK OF CHINA! PS: DO NOT WRITE IN CAPS AGAIN!
Luxorlife Member # 9763	posted The set amounts in Egyptian ATMs go up to 500LE, but there is a button called Other Amount, where you can type in the amount you want, up to the daily limit on your card.