{"id":867,"date":"2015-05-31T15:25:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T13:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eric-creation.com\/wordpress\/travels\/?p=867"},"modified":"2015-10-31T15:39:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T14:39:29","slug":"cash-management-with-low-atm-reliability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eric-creation.com\/wordpress\/travels\/de\/2015\/05\/31\/cash-management-with-low-atm-reliability\/","title":{"rendered":"Cash management with low ATM reliability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Je faisais avant de venir qu'on trouve des distributeurs de billets (ATM) partout dans le pays.\">I read before coming to Madagascar that we find ATM throughout the country. <\/span><span title=\"Cela ne concerne que les villes, distantes de 100 \u00e0 200km.\">This only applies to the cities, distant from 100 to 200km. <\/span><span title=\"Pour les touristes avec leur propre v\u00e9hicule motoris\u00e9, cela se g\u00e8re facilement.\">For tourists with their own motor vehicle, it can be managed easily. <\/span><span title=\"Pour les voyageurs ind\u00e9pendants en taxi brousse ou comme moi \u00e0 v\u00e9lo, c'est une autre affaire.\">For independent travelers on bush taxi or by bicycle like me, that&#8217;s another story. <\/span><span title=\"Surtout quand le seul distributeur de la ville est en panne !\">Especially when the only ATM in the city is down! <\/span><span title=\"Cela m'arrive 2 fois de suite, \u00e0 Ambalavao et Ihousy, si bien que je dois attendre la r\u00e9paration du distributeur avant de commencer ma journ\u00e9e de v\u00e9lo !\n\">This happened to me twice, in Ambalavao and Ihousy, so I had to wait for the repair of the ATM before starting my bike day!<br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Il donc faut pr\u00e9voir suffisamment de cash pour quelques jours, surtout les parcs nationaux o\u00f9 les frais de guidage sont relativement \u00e9lev\u00e9s par rapport aux propositions de retrait des distributeurs.\">So it is necessary to get enough cash for a few days, especially for the national parks where the guide fees are relatively high compared to what you can get from the ATM. <\/span><span title=\"C'est dommage de devoir limiter ses activit\u00e9s par manque de cash !\">It&#8217;s a shame to limit the activities for lack of cash! <\/span><span title=\"J'ai d'ailleurs fortement sugg\u00e9r\u00e9 aux parcs et banques d'installer des distributeurs pr\u00e8s des parcs!\">I also strongly suggested to parks and banks to install ATM near the parks! You should always withdraw the max of the ATM, 400<\/span><span title=\"Il est donc pr\u00e9f\u00e9rable de retirer le max possible, 400k, mais on a alors 40 billets (10k est le + gros billet, qui vaut 3\u20ac!), une trop grosse liasse pour un portefeuille !\n\">k, and deal with the 40 bills (10k + is the biggest, worth \u20ac3!) in your wallet!<br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Il y aurait 40-45% de la population adulte avec un compte en banque.\">I&#8217;ve been said 40 to 45% of the adult population has a bank account. <\/span><span title=\"Cela concerne surtout les villes, puisqu'il n'y a pas de banques dans les villages.\">This concerns mainly the cities, since there are no banks in the villages. <\/span><span title=\"Il y a des d\u00e9p\u00f4ts agricoles tout de m\u00eame.\n\">There are still agricultural deposits.<br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Les transferts d'argent sont donc tr\u00e8s populaires, et semblent le principal business des op\u00e9rateurs mobile : il y a plus de stands Airtel\/Orange\/Telma 'money' que 'mobile' !\">Money transfers are very popular and seem to the main business of mobile operators: there are more Airtel \/ Orange \/ Telma &#8218;money&#8216;\u00a0stalls that &#8218;mobile&#8216; stalls! They get a transaction fee,<\/span><span title=\"La bonne commission sur chaque transaction est partag\u00e9e entre \u00e9metteur et r\u00e9cepteur.\"> shared between the transmitter and the receiver, who have to be on the same network.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read before coming to Madagascar that we find ATM throughout the country. This only applies to the cities, distant from 100 to 200km. For tourists with their own motor vehicle, it can be managed easily. 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