Originally Posted By rockcow1 Ok...booked my Paris apartment and can now think about DLP. I went on the site and can save about $600 booking with the french site and paying in euros over the US site and paying with dollars. My credit card does not charge any fees for conversion. Can I book this way? Should I book this way? Or is it breaking any rules? Don't want to get there and have a problem!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Do it whichever way is cheaper. When I was there in the spring, I saved some money by buying the park tickets in Euros, rather than dollars, but it was only a couple bucks difference. Double check the conversion rate that your credit card will give you, but if it's similar to the market rate (which it should be), there's no reason not to use euros. You'll get charged a foreign transaction fee either way, so it's worth doing the extra research to make sure you get the best deal. No need to worry about breaking any rules!
Originally Posted By u k fan I've tried to book tickets on the French site as they had a ticket option that wasn't available in the UK, but when it came to putting in my address they would only let me use a French address even though the tickets were print at home. If this is the case you might need to have someone with a French address to help. Perhaps your Paris apartment?!!!
Originally Posted By rockcow1 Thanks! I figured something has to verify if I was or was not french. Yes, maybe the apartment.
Originally Posted By u k fan The other possible problem could be where the card is registered to. If it's any cheaper on the UK site I'd be happy to help if I can!!!
Originally Posted By rockcow1 Thanks u k fan! That's so nice of you! I have plenty of time to sort it all out.
Originally Posted By rockcow1 "You'll get charged a foreign transaction fee either way," Ferret...who can charge you this fee other than your credit card?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I used my ATM/debit card for a lot of transactions and those also included the fee. I guess if you pay in cash, you'll avoid the fee, but I think you would lose more money that way through the exchange rate. You can try to dance your way around it, but I found it to be essentially unavoidable.
Originally Posted By rockcow1 Ok...so on other cards. My plan was to use the "hotel pass" charging everything to my room (except the lone soda or popcorn) and then have one bill at the end of my stay. Charging that to my credit card that has no exchange fee.
Originally Posted By u k fan I was looking at magicforum the other day on their trip planning page and someone there mentioned that you can call reservations in your country and get them to price match deals that are available on the French website. It may be worth looking into!!!
Originally Posted By u k fan <a href="http://www.magicforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=14126&p=225201&hilit=price+match#p225201" target="_blank">http://www.magicforum.eu/viewt...#p225201</a> You could also take the price from the French site and see if a local (US) travel agent would price match it for you?!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert I'm very limited in helping you with booking a trip to DLRP, but the Magicforum is really good when it comes to Trip Planning. So I suggest you should ask there as well.
