Hello everyone!
Yes, you are supposed to take everything in cash.
It is best to bring US-Dollars, they are most widely accepted. It is especially important to have some small bills (1 USD and 5 USD as well as 10 and 20 USD).
15 USD will get you very far in Iran (as long as you avoid August the high season). For 2 weeks in summer and being on a tight budget you can plan on bringing around 300 USD in cash, for 3 weeks 500 USD should be enough. That is easy to carry and hide in a money belt or such.
It also makes sense to distribute everything all over and have more than one wallet.
Yes, you are supposed to take everything in cash.
It is best to bring US-Dollars, they are most widely accepted. It is especially important to have some small bills (1 USD and 5 USD as well as 10 and 20 USD).
15 USD will get you very far in Iran (as long as you avoid August the high season). For 2 weeks in summer and being on a tight budget you can plan on bringing around 300 USD in cash, for 3 weeks 500 USD should be enough. That is easy to carry and hide in a money belt or such.
It also makes sense to distribute everything all over and have more than one wallet.
Thanks for the info but the costs sounds too good to be true... $500 for 3 weeks?
Can you please give a little more detail? What are the expected costs? Costs of a room? Food? etc?
Thanks again!
I was there in 2006 (ok, that is a bit back), I travelled in August and everything was booked solid. I ended up spending around 25 USD per day in Iran. Cost of a room was 10-15 USD in a basic budget end hotel (high season prices). Food was around 3-5 USD and transport and entry fees made up the rest. I was initially planning to spend around 15 USD per day and person and if it had not been August I would have made it.
See:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/iran/practical-information/money-costs
So a budget of around 500 USD for 3 weeks is definitely do-able. It all depends how frugal you want it to be. To play it safe you could bring around 600-700 USD, but if you are a true backpacker I am reasonably sure you won't need that much.
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