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I came to caracas venezuela two weeks ago and I cant find a ticket for brazi or argentina
I really need help and I am willing to pay huge amount of money to just get out of this place

What should I do?
 
Last Uchiha said:
I came to caracas venezuela two weeks ago and I cant find a ticket for brazi or argentina
I really need help and I am willing to pay huge amount of money to just get out of this place

What should I do?
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Get a ticket to Colombia and then another to brazil/argentina
 
I was reading about this. Basically because of the currency issues Venezuela has, a bunch of airlines are not getting paid because they are owed money from Venezuela (really the CB which has locked down dollar transactions because they are desperate for dollars). These airlines are owed billions collectively, and many of them have cut back flights or stopped flying at all. Thus a bunch of travelers are stranded in Venezuela.

The solution seems to be to make like 5 connecting flights and pay thousands of dollars. Just get out of the country to anywhere, then worry about connecting to your destination.
 
Last Uchiha said:
I came to caracas venezuela two weeks ago and I cant find a ticket for brazi or argentina
I really need help and I am willing to pay huge amount of money to just get out of this place

What should I do?
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Be resourceful!

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dionysus said:
I was reading about this. Basically because of the currency issues Venezuela has, a bunch of airlines are not getting paid because they are owed money from Venezuela (really the CB which has locked down dollar transactions because they are desperate for dollars). These airlines are owed billions collectively, and many of them have cut back flights or stopped flying at all. Thus a bunch of travelers are stranded in Venezuela.

The solution seems to be to make like 5 connecting flights and pay thousands of dollars. Just get out of the country to anywhere, then worry about connecting to your destination.
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Oh wow. Crazy.

Can you take a bus out, OP?
 
Last Uchiha said:
I came to caracas venezuela two weeks ago and I cant find a ticket for brazi or argentina
I really need help and I am willing to pay huge amount of money to just get out of this place

What should I do?
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Try to get in contact with the embassy of your home country. Maybe they can help.
 
Last Uchiha said:
I went there two day in a row and there is no chance you can get a ticket in airport
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Ah, right, I completely forgot about the current situation. On the upside, I could think of worse places to be stuck in, but that must still suck. Aeolipile's suggestion sounds worth considering.
 
My friend had to bus to Colombia and then fly out from there. That might be an option for you.
 
Im trying to find something, but the only thing I have found is for October. You probably will have to take a bus or as other people have said go to your embassy.


I live here in Caracas, so let me know if I can help
 
It's very hard getting out of Venezuela right now, no flights in sight.

Your best luck is busing to Columbia, and getting down to Brazil, but, it is pretty sketchy and dangerous.
 
Right now I think it's easier to find a flight to Aruba and then fly from there to somewhere else, but I don't know when are the closests dates available to flight to Aruba (as in, planes with seats available).

Other alternative is as others said, going to Colombia on bus and buying a ticket from there.

And the last thing you could do is check the websites of the airlines to buy a ticket in foreign currency not freely available to Venezuelans, COPA for example.

Source: I'm Venezuelan.
 
Looking at a map (and bear in mind I have zero experience with the area or whatever is going on causing you travel problems with the airport), I guess I'd try to:

-- get on a boat to Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago, or Curacao
-- rent a car and drive to Colombia
-- get on a bus to Columbia
-- go to an embassy and see what they can do
 
Go to the weapon shop. Buy a parachute. Get to the airport. Hijack a plane. Fly until you reach Brazil, jump out of the plane and glide toward home.
 
I went to embassy and explaned my situation and they told me they will get a ticket for me as soon as possible. They told me dont think about travelling by bus because its dangerous and its a long long way to Colombia.

My other ridiculous problem is I have US dollar but I cant change it to bolivar and this is so annoying. I travel a lot but never been in this kind of situations.
 
What would happen in the comedy movie based on this? You would not speak Spanish and somehow have fallen in love with (and accidentally married) a girl by the end of the movie.
 
Getting a flight to Aruba should open up your options. As a last resort you could fly from Aruba to Atlanta, USA and then fly to almost anywhere in the world.
 
Last Uchiha said:
I went to embassy and explaned my situation and they told me they will get a ticket for me as soon as possible. They told me dont think about travelling by bus because its dangerous and its a long long way to Colombia.

My other ridiculous problem is I have US dollar but I cant change it to bolivar and this is so annoying. I travel a lot but never been in this kind of situations.
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Smart advice. Venezuela is very dangerous and Colombia isn't that much better. Just hang tight OP.
 
They won't give you bolivar for usd? Considering now badly they need usd I figure they would be throwing it at you. That sucks.
 
I have friends and my girlfriend there. If you want OP I can see if someone would be willing to buy your dollars.

Im going there next october and this situation kinda frightens me. Im gonna get a plane ticket with a return date tho so I should be okay?, how did you end up stuck?
 
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They won't give you bolivar for usd? Considering now badly they need usd I figure they would be throwing it at you. That sucks.
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I think they won't give him the true global exchange rate for his dollars, but the official "exchange rate" which would shortchange him. Official rates are 6 to 10 bolivars per dollar. A closer free market rate tolerated by the government is 50 to the dollar while the black market is 68 to the dollar.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/americasview/2014/04/venezuelas-byzantine-exchange-rate-system

Edit: This is for buying dollars though, I would also think that they would be happy to take dollars for bolivars so I don't know what's wrong over there.
 
Definitely go to Colombia and then take a flight wherever you want to go.
 
SSPssp said:
I think they won't give him the true global exchange rate for his dollars, but the official "exchange rate" which would shortchange him. Official rates are 6 to 10 bolivars per dollar. A closer free market rate tolerated by the government is 50 to the dollar while the black market is 68 to the dollar.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/americasview/2014/04/venezuelas-byzantine-exchange-rate-system

Edit: This is for buying dollars though, I would also think that they would be happy to take dollars for bolivars so I don't know what's wrong over there.
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black market is fishy tho

what I plan on doing is get my friends to get friends of them to buy me the USD before I get there and just sell it to them

I wouldnt go about selling dollars just willy nilly. unless you wanna get shot
 
I'd wait to see what the embassy could find.

Don't rent a car, its unsafe in many aspects.
Taking a bus to Colombia could be a good option. Just travel during the day only and find a good city to stop in at night. I traveled around bus all around Colombia and never had any issues, I did avoid most FARC zones and if I had to pass through them it was only by day. Though Venezuela is a different story.

You could see if there is any boats to the Islands (Aruba), but you would still need to get to that port. Maybe Punto Fijo to Aruba?

I'd probably still wait for the embassy. What nationality are you?

Good luck op! I hate getting stuck in places. Got stuck in the jungles of Brazil once due to floods. Wasn't as bad as what you are going through though!
 
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