IMPORTANT
INFORMATION
VISA
Ecuador welcomes tourists and travelers from
every country. Citizens of the United States, Canada and most European
countries traveling to Ecuador for tourism, business or to study do not require
a visa unless they expect to stay in Ecuador for more than 90 days in one
calendar year (that is, 90 days adding every entry in one year)
Citizens of most countries do not require a
visa to enter Ecuador for up to 90 days, with some notable exceptions including
France. This "automatic" tourist visa is known as the 12-X. If you
plan on staying longer that 90 days, working or immigrating to Ecuador you will
need one of the other types of visas.
For more information, please check this
website:
FINAL RECOMMENDATION
When you arrive to Ecuador, you will have to
fill a format in the airport or airplane, this is normally a declaration about
your belongs and the reason that you are visiting our country, We would
recommend check the tourism reasons, because tourism visa could change a other
kind of visas if you would like to extend your visit in our country and gives
you more flexibility and options.
If you would like to study for more that 3
months, school can assist you to get the proper visa to do it.
MONEY MATTERS
As of September 2000 the new currency system
has been the US Dollar, so you can find bills of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 and
coins of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents. There is no restriction as to how much cash
or traveler checks you are allowed to bring into the country.
While we recommend that you bring part of your
money in a credit card, debit card or in the form of traveler's checks so you
can replace them if stolen or lost, you should also carry some cash, especially
in out-of-the-way places such as Montañita or the Orient. Carry mostly $1, $5,
and $10 bills, and make sure they are in good condition or you could have
trouble using them.
In Montañita there are two ATM machines but not
bank office that is why is not possible to change travel checks here, only in
big cities like Quito or Guayaquil.
Also Montañita is a small town; we normally do
not use credit cards to pay small bills like food or serves, only for hostels
and shopping but not all of them, just a few. Please ask in your hostel with
anticipation if you are allowed to pay with that.
To pay Spanish lessons, we would prefer cash
but if you would like to pay with credit card or bank transfer, is not a
problem but you have to do it trough paypal.com or to our bank accounts, adding
the taxes. Please let me know how is the best way for you and I will give you
the details to do payments.
Payments in cash do not have to pay taxes
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