Exit tax

afortunado wrote:

I am returning to Medellin next week for another visit, less than 90 days. Will they do me for tax again?

Dear "Lucky",

It's unlikely you'll get a reliable answer on the Internet as to whether you'll be charged 300 lucas in departure tax on your next visit.....

1.  Based on anecdotal reports by Colombia visitors posting on the Internet, some travelers have been charged an amount similar to what you paid in departure tax, some a lesser amount.  However, it apparently depends on the length of your stay .. and the minimum or maximum number of days in 2018 for the tax to apply is unclear.

2.  Some airlines factor the exit tax into the ticket price.  However, depending on whether you are/were/will be in the USA for ticket purchase, the tax may not be included .. or may not be clearly indicated on the ticketing paperwork.  Ask at the airport(s) whether the tax is included if you are not clear.  Or ask the ticket seller, if that is feasible, before your travel.  It's even possible, your statement to the contrary notwithstanding, that you have paid a departure tax before .. and just didn't realize it was included in the ticket price.

3.  Air-travel-related fees are subject to change .. and advance notification of any change may not be given to any individual flyer.  After I paid $160 for a "reciprocity fee" to enter Argentina in 2016, President Obama visited that country during my stay .. and got Argentina's president to abolish the reciprocity fee for USA citizens.

If you are unclear about your situation at travel time, have enough cash in dollars and COP to cover yourself in case they hit you up again.

cccmedia in Depto. de Nariño

CC Media

Thank you ever so much for your reply, I contacted the travel agent and they had no idea about departure tax in Colombia. it seems a bit of a grey area and as you say Take dollars and COP with me .....just in case.
Thanks again