Travel agencies enabled charging in dollars for the payment of tourist services abroad due to the savings that this modality implies. The main companies in the sector launched this option for their clients to avoid taxes on the tourist dollar and pay up to 40% cheaper.
The Central Bank (BCRA) does not allow agencies to directly charge in US currency with a credit card, added to the fact that the systems are not adapted to do so. Some agencies such as Despegar refer the user to the version of their platform in another country, like Peru. Others accept, for the moment, only cash, transfer or deposit. For its part, TurismoCity now offers the possibility of seeing prices in dollars and choosing between agencies and airlines that charge in this currency, activating the search payment filter in dollars. The company recommends the change to do a quick calculation and multiply by the dollar, at a value of approximately $1,000, that allows a saving of almost $200,000 on a flight to Miami.