Paying in cash

[depletedhair]

Bit of a strange question, but some clinics have said I can pay in cash to avoid additional fees. If I were to do this would I withdraw the cash at home before travelling? I wouldn't want to be abroad and find out I can't withdraw a large sum.

 

Thanks

[HairsGone]

This is fairly standard in places like Turkey, otherwise you can get charged additional fees such as tax. I did this last week, make sure you withdraw the money / exchange to desired currency in your own country and take with you, otherwise you'll end up pays lots on commission charges for withdrawing whilst abroad.

[gillenator]

What about a wire transfer?

[lorenzo]

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/2-explosions-rock-istanbul-airport-multiple-people-injured-192803313.html

 

I wouldn't carry large sums of money in Turkey at this moment. They probably do a lot of checks when you enter the country. I know normally Turkey is safe but at the moment you have to be careful all over Europe.

[johnj147]

cant you just pay with a credit or debt card ? i wouldnt be comfy carrying that amount of cash round either ?

[lorenzo]

No offence to the doctor that require cash, I am unaware of the rules and laws of Turkey. Does this means the surgery is done under the table so nobody pays taxes? I wouldn't feel comfortable having surgery with someone that requires cash and does it under the table. Do they give you a legal receipt for the surgery? Once again I state I am ignorant in the conditions, rules and laws of Europe.

[robc]

I know in a lot of Latin American companies the smaller boutique hotels will give a nice discount for cash. I just run to the local bank a day before leaving and get cash to pay them. The fees are not much.

I would never carry that much cash around or have it in the room

[ontop]

I don't understand these foreign clinics not taking visa credit prior to say it saves the patient some extra few bucks.

I get it if it was a back street garage but not for a so called medical clinic, sounds very shady if you ask me & shouldn't be endorsed by this forum, but guess its impossible to have such policies in place

[johnj147]

I don't understand these foreign clinics not taking visa credit prior to say it saves the patient some extra few bucks.

I get it if it was a back street garage but not for a so called medical clinic, sounds very shady if you ask me & shouldn't be endorsed by this forum, but guess its impossible to have such policies in place

 

yes sounds a bit dodgy to me:o