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NEPAL TRIP(USE OF CARDS)

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Next Month i am travelling to nepal with my family.(7-8 members)
There is lot of things which I don't know. This will be the first time i am going to somewhere from flight. I want to know best price flights and hotels and from where can I book flights and hotels .
The next thing is i am not a person who carries lot of cash.
I am holding some credit cards and 3 debit cards list is here
Credit cards
Hdfc millennia (Visa)
Icici Amazon pay(visa)
Icici hpcl coral(visa
One card(bob visa)
Idfc first select (visa)
Axis my zone(visa)
Bob premier (Visa)
Au xicte ultra(Visa)
Indusind legend (visa)
Hsbc smart vale( visa)
Debit cards
Canara rupay and visa both
Icici debit card(mastercard)
Which card will work in nepal at pos machines as well as ATM for atm i am only using debit card if it will work but for pos i will use credit cards.
If these card will not work which card will work any forex card if yes please suggest me forex card which is low at fees and i can get easily and will work in nepal.
Also from where should i exchange the currency inr to npr.
Waiting for your responses
Plan your places .
If you have axis with 2-3 lakh limit .get atlas for ticket booking . Should happen with just a call to customer care.
For hotel etc - depends on your choice of property.
Use Skyscanner in incognito mode & by clearing cache .
Book through website of flight company only .

Hotels - look look look .or if u have points to redeem u can but not for like 7-8 ppl .

Nepal is like india but places are different are people are little short in height . Feel it home
Check YouTube for itenary.take suggestion & ideas not estimation.
If u plan for 1 lakh spend +30 thousand is must spent 😆
 
Nepal is cash friendly currently. Most avoid taking cards or charge extra

I travelled recently paid 80% bills in cash Inr. Conversion is cut to cut, so should not be an issue.
Flights/Hotels could be booked easily online. Cabs are pretty much expensive & request cash only. There is also some uber type app don't remember name now a basic search should help (about 5-7% discounts comparative to local cabs)

Had niyo debit card as backup in early 2021
 
From where did you exchanged your money?
I read somewhere that 500 rupee note is not easy to exchange in nepal is that true?
One more thing all the credit and debit card work in nepal as I don't have niyo global or any other forex card with me
 
Next Month i am travelling to nepal with my family.(7-8 members)
There is lot of things which I don't know. This will be the first time i am going to somewhere from flight. I want to know best price flights and hotels and from where can I book flights and hotels .
The next thing is i am not a person who carries lot of cash.
I am holding some credit cards and 3 debit cards list is here
Credit cards
Hdfc millennia (Visa)
Icici Amazon pay(visa)
Icici hpcl coral(visa
One card(bob visa)
Idfc first select (visa)
Axis my zone(visa)
Bob premier (Visa)
Au xicte ultra(Visa)
Indusind legend (visa)
Hsbc smart vale( visa)
Debit cards
Canara rupay and visa both
Icici debit card(mastercard)
Which card will work in nepal at pos machines as well as ATM for atm i am only using debit card if it will work but for pos i will use credit cards.
If these card will not work which card will work any forex card if yes please suggest me forex card which is low at fees and i can get easily and will work in nepal.
Also from where should i exchange the currency inr to npr.
Waiting for your responses
I went to kathmandu last month and I will tell you everything. I went with my 3 family members. Each one of us carried 50k (in Indian rupees 100 denomination). You are allowed to carry upto 1 lakh per person in the airport. All shops in nepal accept indian currency under the value of 100. That is 100, 50, 20, 10. They dont accept larger notes because of our Modi Ji lmao, they are scared of demonitization. Well we used our cards at the indian airport. In nepal we used indian rupees at the airport and local shops. They happily accept 100 ruppes in indian currrency but please remember INR 1 is equal to NPR 1.6 . So please keep that in mind. We paid at our hotel soaltee using our credit card which has the least forex markup of just 1.5%. you can use any card at the hotel or any shop which accept cards. Please use the card with the least forex markup. It is written on visa cards- Not valid for foreign exchange in nepal and bhutan, that means u cannot make purchases in nepal with ur card in foregin currency, that means u cannot make usd purchases or inr purchases in nepal with ur cards but u can make Nepali rupee purchases in nepal with ur card. So I went to the casino and there's many sbi atms in nepal. I used my sbi debit card to withdraw 50k npr . The transaction fees was around 250 npr . I exhausted my atm limit and used my hdfc debit card and the transaction fees was around 1500 npr for 50k npr. I would suggest u withdraw money from sbi atm. But u can carry cash from the airport too.

U can reply back for any more queries.Also u must go to darbar hill and tomhill market in kathmandu. You should visit darbar market, there u will get original cashmere shawls and sweaters for a reasonable price also theres original north face jacket. In tomhill, its your local nepali and chinese shops. You will find alot of chinese cuisines like duck meat in tomhill. Also all those ramens and soup. P.S. pls dont go to the casinos. Its all setting, u will never every win any money there lmao. I went to the casino, they asked for 1500 inr for entry fees. In 1500 inr they gave entrry and two free drinks, tho I dont drink. I got tokens for 60k inr. Lost 40k in a single game, then lost 10k twice. The casino was in my hotel Soaltee. Outside the casino was sbi atm. Withdrew 50k and played four times. Won 40k first and then bet 80k and won 70k, then for the third time bet 80k again and won 70k after that I stopped but those rascals at the casino forced me to play again saying whenever I win after that I need to bet again and dimaag ka bhosda etc and I played for 40k and lost.overall I won 80k but then again they were forcing me to play, sent strippers for a lap dance and asked money for that too. Gave 5k to them, then asked for convienice fees and other fucking charges, payed 10k for it. Overall at the end got out with a profit of 57k. phew thanks
 
Guys Can You please tell me the best site for flight booking and which card should i use to get the maximum benefit (already mentioned all the cards i have )
I am planning my trip with 5 people from 15march to 19th march i have checked flight fare is around 60k (nepal airlines)
Kindly help in booking flights at best possible rate and also tell me which card should i use to book ticket
 
Guys Can You please tell me the best site for flight booking and which card should i use to get the maximum benefit (already mentioned all the cards i have )
I am planning my trip with 5 people from 15march to 19th march i have checked flight fare is around 60k (nepal airlines)
Kindly help in booking flights at best possible rate and also tell me which card should i use to book ticket
Google search for flight ( incognito mode) .
Then check airline ..
Book with your best card According to website.
 
From where did you exchanged your money?
I read somewhere that 500 rupee note is not easy to exchange in nepal is that true?
One more thing all the credit and debit card work in nepal as I don't have niyo global or any other forex card with me
No they easily take and give change especially in bigger places kathmandu
 
Nepal is cash friendly currently. Most avoid taking cards or charge extra

I travelled recently paid 80% bills in cash Inr. Conversion is cut to cut, so should not be an issue.
Flights/Hotels could be booked easily online. Cabs are pretty much expensive & request cash only. There is also some uber type app don't remember name now a basic search should help (about 5-7% discounts comparative to local cabs)

Had niyo debit card as backup in early 2021
Did you use any debit card to withdraw cash from ATM there? If yes, which one? I am travelling by air, and I have read that 25k is the limit of cash allowed. I will need more than that, and I will be in remote places with little to no access to POS machines.
 
Did you use any debit card to withdraw cash from ATM there? If yes, which one? I am travelling by air, and I have read that 25k is the limit of cash allowed. I will need more than that, and I will be in remote places with little to no access to POS machines.
I travelled by air and I had 10x of cash of the amt you mentioned didn't had any issue. No DC
 
Did you use any debit card to withdraw cash from ATM there? If yes, which one?
Use SBI ATM Card in NSBL (Nepal SBI Bank ATM machine) comparatively very less charge than others.
I am travelling by air, and I have read that 25k is the limit of cash allowed.
Yes, legally, 25k and denomination upto 100 is only allowed.

RBI and GOI are responsible for such restriction imposed by GON because of their attitude in the event of demonetization, 2016 & later on.
I will need more than that, and I will be in remote places with little to no access to POS machines.
You can withdraw or exchange at the airport or with the exchange agents/special shop established for exchange.

You can use UPI on Fonepay QR, if available & allowed, you will see sign board or something else. Resturants, mall, big business place don't hesitate to say no to UPI.

But it would be better to take consent from small merchants that you're using UPI, MDR/ standard service charge of 1.95% will be applicable to them, since it's cross border payments, stakeholders take thier share from this charge. They are small merchants so it wouldn't be fair if 1.95% gets deducted from the settlement amount. Or else pay additional 1.95%.

There's no charge on P2M txn in Nepal as well like India. But not on cross border payments, only for thier citizens.

There is one alternative, easy and negligible charge applicable thing, but only work if you know someone in Nepal.
 
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I have the following queries -
  1. I see that the road from Kathmandu to Pokhara and Pokhara to Lumbini is very bad. Has anyone used their domestic flights for these? Should I select or avoid any particular airline? I also see they only allow 5 kg carry-on luggage and it doesn't seem like they increase the limit even in a higher tier. I'd like to avoid check-in luggage if I can. Should I be aware of anything else?
  2. I see the price of fairfield in usd. Would I able to use credit card to settle any additional bill at the time of check out? If so, what would be the effective forex markup? If not, is cash the only option?
 
I have the following queries -
  1. I see that the road from Kathmandu to Pokhara and Pokhara to Lumbini is very bad. Has anyone used their domestic flights for these? Should I select or avoid any particular airline? I also see they only allow 5 kg carry-on luggage and it doesn't seem like they increase the limit even in a higher tier. I'd like to avoid check-in luggage if I can. Should I be aware of anything else?
  2. I see the price of fairfield in usd. Would I able to use credit card to settle any additional bill at the time of check out? If so, what would be the effective forex markup? If not, is cash the only option?
The road is very bad but planes have a bit of risk also landing and take off is riskier than other airports. Planes are quite old.. I took the road.
Fairfield accepts card. Forex charges will depend on card variant
 
The road is very bad but planes have a bit of risk also landing and take off is riskier than other airports. Planes are quite old.. I took the road.
Fairfield accepts card. Forex charges will depend on card variant
Yeah, I agree it's riskier but 6-7 hours of traveling on bad road with seniors is also not a good option. I may have to drop Pokhara and Lumbini from the plan.

About forex, I was wondering if I'd be charged inr to usd only or would it be inr to usd to npr? Someone mentioned in this thread that our credit cards won't work in this sort of situation. So, I was wondering while making payment at fairfield, would they charge in npr or usd?
 
Yeah, I agree it's riskier but 6-7 hours of traveling on bad road with seniors is also not a good option. I may have to drop Pokhara and Lumbini from the plan.

About forex, I was wondering if I'd be charged inr to usd only or would it be inr to usd to npr? Someone mentioned in this thread that our credit cards won't work in this sort of situation. So, I was wondering while making payment at fairfield, would they charge in npr or usd?
No forex, firstly read what's written on the back side of your card.
 
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No forex, firstly what's written on the back side of your card.
I didn't actually check my card but I assume it's the same as what is mentioned in this thread i.e. not valid for foreign exchange in Nepal and Bhutan. That's why I wanted to know how to settle any bills at hotel at checkout considering I have to book it in usd.
 
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