Guest User
January 24, 2023
I just checked out of Winta Hotel and they’re running a black market currency exchange scam for tourists. If you don’t bring USD cash, they will charge you in Ethiopian Birr at an exchange rate of 100 Birr to 1 USD. This effectively doubles your cost. Very unethical and the only time I encountered this behavior during my 3 weeks in Ethiopia. Also, there was no working WiFi during our stay. And we got charged for an extra night that we didn’t stay due to our bags being missing at the Dire Dawa airport so we stayed in Dire Dawa for that night. There was no cancellation policy explained to us.