Tips to save on your trip to Chile

Check out these valuable tips to save money on your travels and make the most of each destination.

1. Take a working phone there. Claro has plans at no additional cost.

2. The Brazilian driver's license does not serve as an identity document for the trip, take your ID or passport.

3. Do not take a taxi in Chile.

4. Renting a car is cheaper and more profitable than buying a Van tour. Traffic on weekends is pretty quiet. If it has snowed recently, consider the possibility of having to wear chains on your wheels when going up into the mountains. Watch tutorials on youtube before the trip.

5. If you are not renting a car, to go from the airport to the hotel and vice versa use the services of http://transvip.cl. Counter right at the customs exit.

6. Use a WISE or NOMAD debit card to make payments. The exchange rate is better and there is no credit card tax.

7. But, always have a credit card handy, the WISE one doesn't always work.

8. Do not change money at ski equipment rental shops.

9. There are 60 180-degree curves to Valle Nevado, if you are usually sick, take some medicine beforehand and take a plastic bag for emergencies.

10. Purchasing passes to play in the snow in El Colorado is unnecessary. Only buy if you go skiing (really). It is possible to rent the equipment and play near the station, without using the "cable car".

11. Pay your stay in dollars to avoid the 19% tax for payments in pesos. Take NEW dollar bills or CREDIT cards. WISE and other DEBIT are not accepted.

12. Don't take a taxi, did I mention that?