LandingPad Buenos Aires

As a custom, tipping can get tricky when traveling outside of your social or geographical bubble. The Japanese, for example, don’t accept tips and get very uncomfortable, sometimes offended, about the whole business. North Americans are typically known for being generous tippers, for close to any service provided, no matter what, whereas in Iceland it [...]

  Updated*: Cost of living in Buenos Aires, October 2011 Everyone travels differently, from spending without care on some gifts, meals, and random purchases to tightening up on others. Below is a list of average prices in Capital Federal, Buenos Aires (Recoleta, Palermo, Belgrano, Centro, Puerto Madero, Almagro, Villa Crespo). You will find prices that [...]

During 2010 many new businesses opened up shop in Buenos Aires, some small, some will be huge within the next few months. Here’s our list of the new guys around town that you should check out! Entertainment BA Cast, http://bacast.com/ Expat Dan Karlin and Buenos Aires local Fernando Farias chat it up once a week [...]

The dollar might still be on the rise, but that’s no reason to overspend while on vacation, studying abroad or order coffee (with or without milk and sugar) and you will be promptly provided with a piping hot cup of joe. Ojo! Many serve very sweet coffee if you ask for sugar. This is also [...]

I’ve always been fully aware of the advantages that come with being an American citizen. Not until I went south of the border, however, did I realize the privileges of being a native English speaker. Thanks to Manifest Destiny and over a century of cultural, political, and economic hegemony, English has become the global language. [...]