Changing Money in Jerusalem - Planning a visit to Jerusalem? Watch this! (2023)

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[@heard3879]

I enjoyed that little coffee story at the end, it made me chuckle!

[@JackieSouLCarioca]

Oren, your videos are excellent! You have a great sense of humour and you’re honest! I wasn’t going to get your app because for my budget it is an expensive app, but now I will purchase your all because you earned my greater admiration when you introduced your viewers to your Grandfather 💙 That added a special personal touch ! I wish you all the very best, always! Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺

[@williejosephs2120]

Very informative thanks

[@kingshousetube]

I think you should have a few more endings like this one. I found it quite refreshing...painted coffee! Shalom!

[@pamearojas3358]

Thank you for the usful videos😊, shalom

[@tarajernigan2353]

I remember visiting the art studio in the Cardo when I was in Israel in 2019. I'll be back next month, and can't wait to stop in again. Oren, I just bought your app, for my trip. If nothing else, your videos are so great, you deserve the "tip."

[@szykfan1]

I generally use Euro Change and Jerusalem Change when I am in Jerusalem. Glad to know they are on your list.

[@aimtok]

So useful, as I am traveling to Israel this year! Thank you!

[@johnnaulu9640]

I am to Amy from Hillsong Greater West. I have been several times and I love Israel 🇮🇱 and I also went to Joseph Tomb in Nablus and Jacob’s well. and Mount Ebal and Gerizim . Now the best time to travel is 1st week or the second week of March before the Passover pagans call it Easter 🐣 and the western world 🌎 call it’s pagan name Easter 🐣 this is also the season of many deaths. Unnecessary deaths. Why ???? Unprotected. Just make sure you go the temple Mt. And King David City. And the Yehudah Market. Take care ✝️🕊️💜🇮🇱🕎

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

The most educational, entertaining, and brilliant travel guide on the planet.

[@the2ndcoming135]

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[@samevans6521]

He is good value Revin Evans Queensland Australia

[@asic45]

Excellent video as usual

[@sarahhumphreys3980]

Very informative. I would love to visit one day 😊

[@TheSmithsons]

Really helpful video Thanks my first visit is coming up in October 23 Thanks

[@jamessheehy2752]

No idea why I haven't seen your vids in ages

[@ciriloreyes3184]

Highly recommended thank u

[@preparedpair1502]

Yay!!! Glad to see you are adding more videos. Excellent video by the way. Have a wonderful day!

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Mosaic shop awesome תודה רבה שלום

[@PeterPanMan]

Really Oren...you are almost TOO good. 👍

[@heatherwiner2883]

I am planning a trip to Israel in October or November. I am going solo and my first time traveling alone. Only been to Florida with a friend. Going to watch your other videos to figure out how to find and book tour guides

[@matej9255]

God willing I will visit Jerusalem this year! It would mean so much to me

[@J_a_s_o_n]

Are you part of the Hebrew Israelite religion ? They use that apttmh alot

[@benmann9778]

Fantastic

[@Anna-mj9cs]

You live in such an interesting country with lots of clever people

[@nicholassiminson2699]

I lived and worked in Israel for 3 Years in the 80s and had an Apartment in Tel Aviv. I can tell you some Horror Stories about changing Money. We were constantly approached on the Streets to change Money. At that Time Israelis were not permitted to have Foreign Currency unless they had a Visa for traveling out of Israel. We learned very quickly all of the “Tricks”. The worst Offenders were the “Curly Wurlies”. Inflation was enormous and the Black Market Exchange Rate was published in the Newspapers every Day. We had our favorite Shops to Change but only changed our US Dollars one Week at a Time. The only Time I changed in the Bank is when I bought a new Subaru and had to prove that I had changed my Dollars legally. We visited Israel a couple of Years ago after 30 Years absence and could not recognize the Place. It had changed so drastically (and not always for the better). Shallow alachem.

[@elijahhanavi7023]

i watched more of the video and you showed the muslim exchange i use , so great that you know it

[@DrSanjayGodara771]

Appreciate your video , good to see you,ni am planning to visit soon, needs your help in getting domitery hostel in natayale

[@georgegherasim8149]

Always good insight

[@abbyk36]

Oren, what about changing money at Mahane Yehuda? I have found that to be the best rates (along Agrippas)

[@theheilious]

2:00 , 2:32 , 6:28 In general: It cost about $42+ USD to exchange $500 USD - $1680 ILS

[@helenel4126]

Todah, Oren. What luck- I'll be staying near the J**** Gate when in Jerusalem. Will be sure to avoid the atms there. I'm hoping the guide(s) for the tour I'm on (which will go to Caesaria and Haifa, then up to the Galilee and south to the Negev) will be as helpful as you.

[@xbioman7882]

Oren, you sound terrible. Hope you feel better soon. Another great video.

[@rogerphillips7270]

Finding places to change HKD and renminbi was a bit of a challenge. There’s a decent place in one of the back streets near the Damascus gate away from the tourist area. Getting shekels in Hong Kong also takes a bit of a search. (1 shekel =$2/¥2 roughly, so easy to work out prices)

[@jbb1102]

Ben Yehuda street!:))💙💙

[@CeylonBoy4643]

Godbless

[@SadhnaNaskar-q9e]

❤

[@Gdub33]

12:37 Can you pet loshalee? I wanna pet him and that other cat. Are the really old buildings from the video reinforced for earthquakes?

[@noafox5592]

Thank you for this! What date did you film this on?❤

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

26.01.23

[@noafox5592]

@@Travelingisraelinfo Oh Cool! 💕

[@tanujasantiago1901]

God almighty protect GOD’S LAND AMEN 🙏🏼 FROM ALL EVIL TERRORIST VIOLENCE HATRED JEALOUSY CRIMES IN GOD’S MIGHTY POWER AMEN 🙏🏼

[@jibr.8860]

nice! thanks again. i bet if you ever get a cat youll call it wisconsin ;-)

[@rosalindglazer7454]

But Oren - my friends stayed at the Eldan Hotel in Jerusalem in December and locked USD in their room safe. When they returned the safe had been robbed and the staff shrugged their shoulders. Later they said they fired the room attendant or maintenance person (can't remember which it was) and that's it. No ownership or compensation for the loss. Thank goodness, my friends were able to find another hotel during that busy time because they felt really unsafe there. Did the staff know that they had a thief employed there? What a horrible experience. I wouldn't carry that much cash nor assume that it is safe ANYWHERE I travel. Israel is a country like anywhere and there are thieves here too.

[@davidschalit907]

Well, we now know not to stay at the Eldan Hotel. I hope your friends put a strong comment in their review section on Google Maps AND on any other place a review can be written.

[@annyjoseph6162]

Of course.I live in Jerusalem.I have been "pickpocketed " twice, my husband too.We have been burglared and my daily stole my jewelery box under my nose. Israel is a normal country .I never leave the house with a lot of money in my bag. The"banana" pouch is a good solution for tourists who need cash.

[@annyjoseph6162]

Of course.I live in Jerusalem.I have been "pickpocketed " twice, my husband too.We have been burglared and my daily stole my jewel box under my nose. Israel is a normal country .I never leave the house with a lot of money in my bag. The"banana" is a good solution for tourists who need cash.

[@fabiandoestravel]

Do you get better rate withdraw money Unionpay Debit card ATM? I am from singapore. So we have to change currency into USD before coming ti Israel.

[@rjh2772]

can you help in the city of Tel Aviv

[@BilboBaggins236]

Thanks for the video! Got a question, is it possible to use debit cards in Israel? Creditcards are barely used in my country and getting one is a lot of hassle. Will probably do it if needed, but if debit cards work that'd be great.

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

As far as I know,You can't use debit cards. You need a credit card for tenting a car or paying in hotels

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

As far as I know,You can't use debit cards. You need a credit card for tenting a car or paying in hotels

[@J_a_s_o_n]

​@@Travelingisraelinfowhy is it not possible to use a debit card? A debit card means you actually have your own money unlike credit cards that is borrowing?🤔

[@i94south34]

Wisconsin??

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

Mamila mall...

[@Krista-k5v]

You actually take for granted the things you have there we have here as none of the stroes or items we do not have in the west so you walk by what is familiar to you but unfamiliar to us. Do not assume that the west has any of it because in fact they do not and except for very few a handful of large cities with airports there is nothing Jewish so nothing is known outside of Israel so your joke that Wisconsin that people must know , no they do not. I am Canadian except for Montreal or Toronto there is zero Jewish communities and nothing is familiar so stop taking for granted anything is ordinary everything is unknown from the gas station video you did you people put in id numbers no one here does such so almost everything that your life is like there is unusual and not relatable so stop walking by things and saying all of you have it there as no we do not . Explain your Israel life in full as it is very unusual. Interesting but very unfamiliar. Maybe if all of you try to explain what life is like there then people could relate better. You should do videos in each city and walk around and explain each place in Israel and what it is like for life there and what the different types of people are like meet them and chat and get the people documented on camera so there is a recording of the real culture as it exists no where else.Record it now while you can . Important. God Bless you all.

[@davidarchie2370]

Stay Blessed 'Oren' wonderful guide, thankyou. kdagPlymouthUK

[@Mik12133]

Oi settler boy, can you go to the Muslim Jerusalem and do a video, speak the Muslims about their lives

[@MitzvosGolem1]

we have a few hundred thousand Muslims living here as equals.. 100,000 come it to work here every day and love Israel . Nudnik נודנק

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

Go to Syria and talk to Muslims. speak the Muslims about their lives.

[@MitzvosGolem1]

@Sydney Lechien 100,000+- come it to gleefully work in Israel on permits and seek to stay here..

[@SadhnaNaskar-q9e]

❤

[@NikCan66]

Brilliant advice and a money saver 👏

[@lawrencealssid6122]

Thank you once again Oren for putting together such an informative and helpful video for those of us planning to visit Israel.

[@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461]

TODAH OREN 🤗,I am not able to travel 😞,…but I enjoy your videos and I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP OTHERS,and learn more INTERESTING 🧐 things about ISRAEL …SHALOM ,yalla,bye 🙋‍♂️💚💚💚

[@sulemansalar1476]

Thanks Oren very informative video shalom I'm from Pakistan I 💓🇵🇰 long live 🇵🇰🇵🇰🌹❤️👍

[@danielktn]

I almost watched all of your videos, they are so informativ and everyone can see you like what you do, awesome!! Danke Oren

[@ing-mariesilwer8555]

Thank you so much for this useful information!

[@simsalb]

Another excellent and informative video. Thank you!

[@roamingalone5226]

Praise the Lord I'd found your channel.

[@Maurice-Navel]

I loved the name of the cat "Loshelly" (not mine!).

[@sophiedimitriadis3354]

Just love, love this video. So nice to see a place from where I am. I'm not able to come right now. Hopefully, someday. Beautiful.

[@elijahhanavi7023]

the best exchange i found every trip i made to israel is in the old city, go in jaffa gate and straight down the step on the right is a muslim exchange, always the best,

[@idaselinahobbs9031]

I am just wondering whether those exchange places in Jerusalem accept Euro as well? 🤔 Or is it just USD

[@Elizabeth-hp8wx]

Good morning Oren, your videos are excellent and helpful. Thank you for very informative videos. How much a private tour cost and we are planning to visit for 10 days Israel tour.

[@fotograftobias]

Isn’t it possible to exchange money inside the temple anymore?

[@49michael1960]

I stayed a couple of times in Israel and my experience is first and almost using credit cards. I had only a small amount of cash with me. You can use the creditcard all the time, at a filling station you need help at the office, they are very helpful and explain all the needs in English, no problems. Have a good time in Israel and enjoy all the sites.

[@dananachum4356]

Great video. I have a picture of that black and white cat in front of a painting of himself at that gallery!

[@jasonsmall5602]

In my last three or four times in Israel, I used cash only once. It's easy to get by with only credit cards.

[@MFPhoto1]

You will still need cash for a taxi. Also, small purchases are a hassle when you use a credit card. Besides the shop actually loses money on small purchases due to service fees.

[@J_a_s_o_n]

​@@MFPhoto1living off CREDIT cards- DEBT is a joke .....that's a slave mentality

[@slmom8837]

Going there in 2 weeks . Thanks for the tips

[@ThiccPhoenix]

Israeli money is so pretty! I have a ₪50 and a ₪100 notes. 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@edwinbruno9405]

Why not exchange dollars at a bank?

[@karinabran9751]

Oren I appreciate this video so much and loved it! Currency exchange places are essential when traveling (I used them a lot in my 3 months in israel). I’m hoping to come back to Israel in the future and come to Jerusalem again. I love the blue & white store introduced in the video-the cat is adorable too ❤

[@dougbevan1786]

Another awesome video with insider tips - seriously good & exceptionally useful! Do you have any videos on exchange tips across the rest of the country? For example, if spending time in the Galilee, where are the best places for tourists to exchange money?

[@Caligrl1044]

how do I book you for tours??

[@davideskerlot2945]

Jerusalem is so beautiful 🙂

[@matthijsvanemous7046]

Thanks a lot

[@RNEGADE78]

I will be in Jerusalem in a few months and I can’t wait to go to that mosaic shop!

[@alexanderoyola286]

wisconsin

[@Artemisia676]

Thank you so much for doing this! Extremely helpful!

[@the2ndcoming135]

He’s trying to tell us right?😎

[@raptureready519]

We bought paintings from Blue and white gallery and meet with this fine gentleman also

[@cherylsklar6640]

His father used to be at the store. He was a wonderful person.

[@Goldencitygirl]

Great video…👍…I have exchanged money a few times while in Israel…then I found out I could do the same in my County 🇨🇦…either at my bank or an exchange business…most times I got a better exchange at my bank…I also have an free app on my phone that gives me an approximate exchange rate which is very useful…when traveling…toda

[@Veritas718]

When I was in Israel, our tour guide took us to a bank for our monetary transactions. We never encountered any problems. (CJB): " For the love of money is a root of all the evils; because of this craving, some people have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves to the heart with many pains."

[@rayross997]

Does this work for Wisconsin currency too? Thanks Oren, you produce great info.

[@michaelarlen9121]

Cabs don’t except credit cards.

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

True and important

[@MFPhoto1]

True, and that's a bit annoying. When I arrive in Israel, I will take the train to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, or wherever. But I still need a taxi to get from the train station to the hotel. So I have to find an ATM either at the airport or bus station. After an 11+ hour flight, I just want to get to the hotel, and not hunt for an ATM!

[@carmenmccauley585]

Jumping into the future... I started watching after Oct 7 and I'm working my way backwards. You inspired me. Just finished reading The Palestinian Delusion and today started The Complete Infidels Guide to the Koran.

[@lisawaters2585]

Great content, Oren. Interestingly presented, even if by a severely Wisconsin-biased fellow. Lol

[@lorinicolek]

Extremely helpful and exactly as he said

[@mottyk8491]

Best rate from money changers are outside yeshiva Mir or kosel vasiken minyan eisenbach or winegarten

[@profnesamony]

Useful information especially for those who go to Jerusalem on a trip

[@asahel980]

Ive have watched some of your videos and you always use the state of Winsconsin to compare why is that?

[@drclown2103]

in jerusalem can use wise card to buy something or food?

[@jhrsmail]

Thanks Oren, I'm still not clear on if I should exchange or not. US Dollars seem to be common currency in Jerusalem.

[@glennoyong7593]

You can pay in USD but the change will be in shekels and usually of a bad rate.

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

Only in some places you can pay with $

[@jhrsmail]

Wow. Sad day for us. We had passport issues getting on the plane. Jerusalem is not going to happen for us right now. I'm heartbroken, not sure how we can afford to try this again. Thanks Oren for the videos, we were confident we could do it with your app and videos. 👍

[@J_a_s_o_n]

​@@jhrsmailkeep the Faith! All will be well

[@waynemoore4678]

Bro Orin Boker Tov and Shalom I need an email address to contact you soon

[@rhodesia1980]

So is the Money exchange place right inside the Damascus gate as you enter on the right side a good place to exchange money?

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

I don't know

[@joshuabray37]

Those manhole covers are probable the most meaningful manhole covers in the world (seriously). I never thought I'd say that sentence... That's neat message.

[@deanl0]

Many places around the world you will see a fish on the manhole drainage which is very cool too.🐠respect!

[@anaszwawi17]

lovely country

[@PredragCiric]

Sellers accept the euro but value it as a dollar. it is not profitable to have euros. Thanks to these video clips, I found my way around Israel easier. I was during Shabbat and Passover. Exchange offices were not working, and in some shops you only needed cash, in churches and taxis as well. If you plan on cash then better dollar than euro. Of course, exchange offices calculate according to the exchange rate, and that's ok. I just changed into one of these from the video clip.

[@yancylevy5779]

Thanks Oren!!! Excellent tips!!! And the name of the Kitty.. Losheli… very particular 😊. Todah

[@psikogeek]

I heard that a temple there had well established money changers.

[@deanl0]

Jesus took care of them long long time ago

[@samevans6521]

Thank you for your video. Can you get cash from your bank card? I am coming to Israel in August. Revin Evans Queensland Australia

[@olagapineda5329]

Thanks for the video ..!! Very informative..!!☺️👍

[@vickiamaral6494]

Thank your for all your advice traveling in May, can’t wait to see all of the wonderful places. Do you do tours? How to contact you?

[@Hand_me_a_handle]

I have exchanged $ near the stores that you show first and it was fair but the best rate I got was by withdrawing cash from my US bank account at the atm across Davidka plaza. Excellent video

[@sofiasoterio7849]

Hello everything is fine? I'm Brazilian and I live in London. could you please tell me if i get the visa at the airport or do i have to get it before? thank you shalom

[@andrealorenzato2550]

I am Italian and tomorrow I will be in Jerusalem!!

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

Enjoy!

[@MFPhoto1]

There are some great Italian restaurants in Israel. But I am sure you have those in Italy as well. 🤣 There are great restaurants of all sorts in Israel, so I hope you don't have the room and board rate. You don't want to end up eating all your meals at the hotel. When in Jerusalem, check out the Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art. It is rather small, but if you are in the vicinity, it is worth a looksee.

[@mindy1230]

Thank you ! I love your channel!