Currently in Egypt and they just asked us to pay in USD cash for an added activity but, not being American, we don’t have USD. We have the local currency and the ability to get that out at ATMs, but no way to access foreign currency. So annoying but they accepted local in the end.
People are saying it’s a scam to make foreigners pay in USD, as far as I remember, jt is in fact the law in Egypt that foreigners pay in USD or other foreign currency. There’s also a huge makeup for tourist prices relative to what the locals pay, which is honestly to be expected because Egypt is a massive tourist testination and a large part of their economy. The prices are normal or less to what a westerner would pay in their own country but relatively expensive for Egyptian cost of living.