{"id":13702,"date":"2014-10-01T15:31:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T22:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=13702"},"modified":"2014-10-01T15:33:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T22:33:14","slug":"visit-argentina-now-save-46-hotels-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/10\/01\/visit-argentina-now-save-46-hotels-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Visit Argentina Now and Save 46% Off Hotels and Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had to opportunity to visit beautiful Buenos Aires, Argentina on two separate occasions\u00a0this year and I&#8217;ve written two full trip reports about it\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/02\/21\/trip-report-mileage-run-vacation-buenos-aires-mexico-city\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/03\/08\/trip-report-my-mileage-run-vacation-to-mexico-city-lima-buenos-aires-and-santiago\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0Argentina\u2019s current economic situation is in turmoil and that means great news for the American tourist. Argentina is one of two countries in South America that has two different exchange rates with one being the official rate and the other being the black market (unofficial) rate. Earlier this year, I\u2019ve written about <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/03\/07\/find-black-market-currency-exchange-rates-venezuela-argentina\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Find Black Market Currency Exchange Rates in Argentina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As of today, October 1, 2014, the official exchange rate is 8.4:1 (1 US Dollar = 8.4 Argentinian pesos)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13699 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency1-300x183.png\" alt=\"argentinacurrency1\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency1-300x183.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency1-400x244.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency1-200x122.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency1-150x91.png 150w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency1.png 748w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s black market rate is 15.65:1 (1 US Dollar = 15.65 Argentinian pesos)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13700 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency2-300x275.png\" alt=\"argentinacurrency2\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency2-300x275.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency2-400x367.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency2-200x183.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency2-150x137.png 150w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency2.png 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Argentina has condemned the black market and made it illegal, but it still exists and fairly easy to find. Earlier this year, I\u2019ve written <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/03\/07\/where-to-physically-locate-black-market-cuevas-in-venezuela-and-argentina\/\" target=\"_blank\">Where to Physically Locate Black Market \u201cCuevas\u201d in Argentina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How can you use this to your advantage?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example: A room at the <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/08\/09\/sheraton-buenos-aires-convention-center-hotel-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel &amp; Convention Center<\/a> costs $107 taxes included.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13701\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency3.jpg\" alt=\"argentinacurrency3\" width=\"921\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency3.jpg 921w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency3-300x100.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency3-400x133.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency3-200x66.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/argentinacurrency3-150x50.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The key point when booking hotels is to book a non-prepaid rate because you\u2019ll need to pay in cash during checkout. One strategy I use is to <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/09\/12\/find-starwood-best-rate-guarantee-get-2000-starpoints-every-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">file a Starwood Best Rate Guarantee<\/a>, thus making the reservation refundable.<\/p>\n<p>At check out, the bill will be 904.21 Argentinian pesos ~( $107 USD) where I will pay in cash with the amazing 15:65:1 exchange rate that I got. This effectively made my stay $57.78 USD taxes included and receiving 2,000 Starpoints as a BRG reward to boot!<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, you can effectively get a 46% discount on hotel accommodations, food, and entertainment when you pay by cash. This is a great time to visit Argentina before their economy recovers (if it ever does).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will you be taking a trip to Argentina any time soon?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had to opportunity to visit beautiful Buenos Aires, Argentina on two separate occasions\u00a0this year and I&#8217;ve written two full trip reports about it\u00a0here and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":13700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[205,49,50],"tags":[2648,2359,2522,3670,3669],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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