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What is the money use in combodia?
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takeabreak
Posted on Sat 31st of Jan 2009, 07:06 AM

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What is the official currency in Combodia. I have read that some shops accept Thai baht and USD, true? and how many % for extra fee. Is it a good way to pay buy credit card ? Any ATM available in main cities?

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Posted on Mon 2nd of Feb 2009, 01:44 AM

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Riel is the official currency in Cambodia, USD is acceptable for most of the shops but i'm not certain about THB.

ATM machines aren't available in Cambodia. Some shops let Travelers cash advances from their credit card with
high handling fees.

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Olivia
Posted on Fri 17th of Jul 2009, 06:30 PM

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My advise is convert first your THB to US dollars and use it in Cambodia. It would be better to bring US dollar because it is very acceptable worldwide.




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deano
Posted on Sun 2nd of Aug 2009, 10:14 AM

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takeabreak wrote:
What is the official currency in Combodia. I have read that some shops accept Thai baht and USD, true? and how many % for extra fee. Is it a good way to pay buy credit card ? Any ATM available in main cities?


the currency is the riel but american dollars are excepted everywhere in cambodia take small denominations like 1 dollars five dollars and tens there are atms in the big cities like pnom penh and siem reap but limited there are also western union branches to change money or travellers cheques the thai baht is excepted near the borders of thailand but its best to change them to us dollars

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Baddles
Posted on Sun 6th of Sep 2009, 10:03 AM

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takeabreak wrote:
What is the official currency in Combodia. I have read that some shops accept Thai baht and USD, true? and how many % for extra fee. Is it a good way to pay buy credit card ? Any ATM available in main cities?

Just got back from Siem Reap (and wished we had stayed longer and LOVED it!!) My advice is US dollars and as per other posting, small denominations works best.

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