First time to Tunisia

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We are heading to Tunisia for the first time in a couple of weeks for a family holiday. It more of a just chill out holiday and don’t have massive plans to lots of day trips or anything like that.

I have a question for those who have been before, with the currency being closed and you that you can only exchange once your in the country and before you leave. What’s the best solution:

Change all our spending money into the local currency straight away?

Change half of it and then after that a bit at a time?

Or as I read somewhere on the net yesterday change £100 soon as you arrive then only change it what you plan to spend per day?

Read lots that cash is king and not everywhere except card.
 
Get a Wise card, exchange the money in the app, then withdraw it out in local ATM as and when you need it.

Use credit card, and I mean CREDIT card (with no fees) when it’s offered, cash when not. Pay in local currency in the machine, not the £ rate.

This advice works for every country*. Every country that Wise has the currency in their app.
 
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Not been to Tunisia for about 10 years but what we found is that most hotels will change £ to dinar (sp) as with it being a closed currency no one can bring it with them and all the exchange places were the same rate.

Of course this could all have changed in the inbetween and if so ignore me :D
 
Change a small amount of cash and use credit card for any large purchases. Likely you'll find theres not much to spend cash on, its all bootleg or fake and the food is better in the hotel.
 
When i went the border guards about 15 of them "confiscated all of my loose change" god knows how much it was i wasnt counting tbh. :P
This was after one of their colleagues further in the airport was hassling me and my work mates to buy them duty free whisky and was waving money to pay upfront in my face...
I honestly thought it was a sting operation, i was pooping myself lol.

We stayed in Djerba in some 5 star all inclusive gated thing. Solid marble. Not what i was used to at all lol.
Then flights from Tunis a few days later. That was actually one of the best off shore gigs, no company expenses spared for once. Proper Oilfield nobility :)
Money very little, as said. Card if you actually need anything.
Get some ear plugs in Tunis. its 24/7 car horns from what i remember.
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If you're in one of these beach complexes don't leave, its a S hole and full of old granny German slappers shagging local 18 year old studs....
Dont eat salad, dont drink any water :P lool i dunno how true that is now days.
 
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