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Dollars at Hermitage

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burner Just Starting Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 7	Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:43 pm    Post subject: Dollars at Hermitage Will the Hermitage Museum accept US Dollars for admission?
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nikir Frequent Guest Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 54	Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:35 am    Post subject: No, the currency in Russia is rubles.
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burner Just Starting Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 7	Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:44 am    Post subject: Dollars at Hermitage Thank you
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Eugenia_Kempinsky Frequent Guest Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 20 Location: St.Petersburg, Russia	Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:59 pm    Post subject: The Hermitage also accepts cards - Visa or MasterCard. In order to cover your tickets with the card you will have to show your passport.
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Peter80 Lounge Lizard Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 97 Location: St-Petersburg	Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:57 pm    Post subject: Eugenia_Kempinsky, You mean they accept cards in USD?
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danbrew Just Starting Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 8	Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:38 pm    Post subject: No, it's Russia, they bill in rubles. Your credit card company will bill you in whatever your home currency is & most will perform the exchange rate at favorable rates. One thing to watch out for, though, is whether your credit card company applies a surcharge for international purchases. Read the fine print on your agreement or call your bank. I paid for a hotel stay a few years ago with a Citibank Mastercard - it was a few thousand dollars and I actually had a few thousand USD with me (which I could have converted and paid in rubles), but decide that I could use the USD later in my trip and paid for the hotel with the Mastercard. Imagine my surprise when I saw the credit card bill and they had added something like 2% to the transaction. I was pissed. Just go get some rubles - you're going to need them for everything else. Take dollars or euros with you (or whatever your home currency) and convert them when you get to the airport, or withdraw rubles from an ATM.
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