Zeb Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Is there a place to change currency at the Pharr Crossing or shortly thereafter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo1 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Just find an ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Just find an ATM. Any bank? Since I don't know the area, would be good to have some idea of where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 It is not unusual to find an ATM on the street, just outside the door of the Banjercito/Aduana offices, or very nearby at many border crossings. Just ask there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjkveton Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 If by currency you mean real paper money or even coins probably best done at one of the many currency exchange places you will pass by as you drive through Pharr along US 281 aka S. Cage Blvd. Most are open 24/7 so you don't have to worry about timing, and by the way, banks on neither side of the border seem to do foreign exchange for walk-ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Berca Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Some Mexican banks no longer accept US currency. Using ATM is your best bet for fair exchange rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerm Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 What are the names of Mexican Banks that will not accept American currency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 If by currency you mean real paper money or even coins probably best done at one of the many currency exchange places you will pass by as you drive through Pharr along US 281 aka S. Cage Blvd. Most are open 24/7 so you don't have to worry about timing, and by the way, banks on neither side of the border seem to do foreign exchange for walk-ins. Very good suggestion. If you get into Pharr early enough, take a quick run down there and get it done the day before. Assuming you're making the run straight through, about 11 hours, you'll want to hit the Mexican side no later than 6:30AM. That gets you in here plenty early to get to your accommodation and have plenty of time for a nice celebratory dinner after you drop your bags and freshen up. Please feel free to PM me if you'd like any local information I might be able to provide after you get here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Ronnfeldt Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Unless there are extenuating circumstances, I would plan to cross the border with very little or no US cash, and draw it from ATM's once you cross. The days of a cambio on every corner are pretty much gone, except at prime tourist locations, and then the exchange rate isn't the best. They tend to watch money exchange carefully at banks, I guess guarding against drug laundering. The only place locally that I'm aware of that I can change US cash into pesos is Intercam, and that's because I have an account there. I always advise my many visitors to only bring enough US cash to last them in the US airports, and get pesos from an ATM once here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 That's all fine and good but the OP is driving in, through a smaller point of entry. Not flying. Zeb, I think your best bet is to exchange maybe $300 worth at a cambio before your cross the border. You might be able to find one right there in Houston before you go, if not they are easy to find on S. Cage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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