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irishcolleen

2009-04-01 14:50:01

The Taxi men were fine they never once asked for more than the right price for a taxi
there were ladies cleaning everywhere you went
not one shack asked for money for sun beds
the bus man even give you change this time

in the first few days we were there we could not get any cash from the hole in the wall
and even the very shack boys wanted to give us there tips until we got sorted with the bank ...how sweet

celcat

2009-04-01 16:58:26

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Welcome home IC

I just wish I'd been able to get some annual leave :cry

irishcolleen

2009-04-01 17:50:51

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Thanks celcat will you be going in november again ?

Silver Angel

2009-04-01 19:22:23

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welcome home Irish Colleen, sounds like you enjoyed your holiday - look forward to your trip report

celcat

2009-04-02 08:13:30

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IC

Got three weeks this year from the 28th Nov

Hoping that in a few weeks time I'll be able to start looking at booking flights etc and rooms/hotels in various places. :hyper

irishcolleen

2009-04-02 15:32:07

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should catch up with you again this november ..see you then celcat :cheers

sjhart

2009-04-03 08:48:54

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Irishcolleen - you mention that you had problems getting cash from the ATMs on your first week, did you find out what the problem was?

We fly over on the 11th and intended to take our Nationwide Card with us plus a cash float just in case, but if there are problems we might resort to Travellers Cheques.

Thanks,

Shirley

irishcolleen

2009-04-03 12:07:24

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shirley it was the nationwide card we had.. we have one each and none of them would work :duh

we had called in to the nationwide the morning we were going and asked the girl should we let them know we were going to India and she said NO no need to tell us :rage

Hubby had a back up card with us too but it would not pay out either

so after 3 days of phone calls we did get money out of all the cards ...his back up card was the A/L one so if anyone is using their card you DO need to let them know your going to India ....
colleen

corinnelynne

2009-04-03 13:45:21

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we used a nationwide flex account card, and notified them we were going to goa for eight weeks.
still had the card blocked five times.not a problem once you know the helpline number is on the back of the card. usually took 15 mins to be unblocked.they only block the cards as a security measure, better than having your money stolen

debs16

2009-04-03 20:55:12

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welcome fd costa hope you engoy the site :tup

spike

2009-04-06 17:13:34

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My mate used his TSB credit card which was rejected at an ATM, having phoned the 24hour hotline it was unblocked - very annoying when he informed them he would be using it in Goa.
Thought it might have been a fault with the card, so popped mine in and got the same problem. They did say it was to prevent fraudulent use, but once unblocked it was more at risk to use due to the unblocking so why bother blocking it in the 1st place ?
Pointless and very annoying if needed in an emergency having to phone them up.
Spike.

fizzy2

2009-04-06 17:16:48

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My husband had the same problem but it was resolved after a phone call and yes he did advise them we were going to India BEFORE we departed (as advised in their bumph) - so what was the point in that :que

Fizz

valleylady

2009-04-07 12:18:10

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hi everyone new on here, what a great site, havent been to goa yet but booked with hubby and 5 friends later this year cant wait usually go to thailand couple of times a year but like what wev,e heard abou goa :tup

milliemeg

2009-04-07 14:45:16

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Hi valleylady.I am sure that just like the rest of us..you will love it.

THE FOXES

2009-04-07 17:45:41

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valleylady to H.T this is the site for all the info :cheers

grannypat

2009-04-07 17:49:52

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Hi and welcome to the best discussion forum :sun2

Pat

celcat

2009-04-07 19:15:04

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valleylady..... you'll soon be addicted

green.eyed.lady

2009-04-08 11:13:16

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valleylady, i'm sure you will catch the goan bug once you have been

Gel

cliveandhelen

2009-04-10 07:53:28

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Hi Fiona and Golden FlipFlop, we have'nt been out to Goa for 5 years (poor impoverished Nurses) BUT we is going back this Nov. We used to come on this site a lot and dole out what bit of help we could to the "Newbies", now we feel back to square 1 !!!! We remember your names from our visits to the site of 5 years ago, its good to be back, any advice welcomed. Love and kisses.

celcat

2009-04-10 08:56:43

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back cliveandhelen from another nurse..

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