Taj Admission Cost

ToddSoc · Mar 24th, 2009, 17:09

Hi. Quick question. I'll be passing through Agra soon. Anyone have updated info on the 1-day admission cost for the Taj Mahal?
Thanks,
Todd

delhiwala · Mar 24th, 2009, 18:26

Rs.750

edwardseco · Mar 24th, 2009, 21:09

Same old..

New-South-Welshman · Mar 24th, 2009, 21:10

Yeah, so just under US$15.

dhans · Mar 26th, 2009, 03:11

Average monthly income for an Indian.

2 beers in Norway for a westener.

jaws · Mar 26th, 2009, 03:39

Dhans
For indians its 15 or 25 rupees only.Sorry to disappint you. 750 for special guest.

Haylo · Mar 26th, 2009, 04:09

The cost for a westerner to visit the Taj Mahal is, as dehliwala says, Rs 750.

However, there are two elements to this Rs 750 cost of visiting the Taj Mahal, the Rs 250 Taj Mahal entry ticket itself PLUS a Rs 500 tax payable to the Agra Development Authority by non Indians only.

The Rs 500 tourist tax ticket covers the tax element of one visit each to five sites, the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Itimadud-Daula, Sikandra & Fatehpur Sikri, from sunrise to sunset on the same day.

edwardseco · Mar 26th, 2009, 05:29

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2 beers in Norway

Norway is too cold and too expensive. If it weren't so beautiful..

dhans · Mar 28th, 2009, 17:24

@ jaws. Yeah I know.

Just comparing what they ask to the level of substanance.

s.evans670@btinterne · Mar 29th, 2009, 16:28

and then your blagged for anymore money you may be carrying and dont take your bag you were warned

Haylo · Mar 29th, 2009, 19:21

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Originally Posted by s.evans670@btinterne

and then your blagged for anymore money you may be carrying

The ticketing operation appeared pretty professional to me, I'd be very surprised if you were "blagged" for "any more money you may be carrying", would you care to elaborate on that? If there is some sort of ticketing scam going on, I'm sure everyone would benefit from your experience.

If you mean that people tried to sell you things you didn't want or persuade you to give them money in exchange for services you weren't interested in, then well yeah, welcome to India!

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Don't take your bag you were warned

can you say why it is a bad idea? Backpacks, of course not, but small bags such as ladies handbags are permitted, though of course they are searched.

s.evans670@btinterne · Mar 29th, 2009, 23:37

horses for courses in can only write what i/we seen a big rip

PeakXV · Mar 30th, 2009, 00:02

Pack a lunch and have a picnic along the Yamuna at sunset. The experience pricless, the cost free.

Haylo · Mar 30th, 2009, 01:02

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Originally Posted by s.evans670@btinterne

horses for courses in can only write what i/we seen a big rip

Sorry, but I'm still not sure what you have seen which is a big ripoff.

Do you think the admission price of Rs 750 per person is a ripoff just to see an old mausoleum?
Were you ripped off by being charged more than the official Rs 750 each?
Is it the things around the Taj Mahal like the drive from the car park or the prices at the local hotels that you felt were a ripoff?
Or did some idiot think you were green enough to fall for some sort of scam? I know the "Parcel of gems in the post" scam is worked in Agra.

Hal · Mar 30th, 2009, 01:33

Perhaps s.evans is referring to the touts inside the Taj - official guides, official photo vantage pointer-outers etc.?

Mar 24th, 2009, 17:09	#1
ToddSoc Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: USA Posts: 27	Taj Admission Cost Hi. Quick question. I'll be passing through Agra soon. Anyone have updated info on the 1-day admission cost for the Taj Mahal? Thanks, Todd

Mar 24th, 2009, 18:26	#2
delhiwala IM what IM Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Indeyah ! Posts: 4,813	Rs.750 __________________ Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone. - The Dhammapada

Mar 26th, 2009, 03:11	#5
dhans Uru Buru member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,842	Average monthly income for an Indian. 2 beers in Norway for a westener. __________________ Tips for trips to India with (young) children: India with kids Stories about our travels in India: Journal

Mar 26th, 2009, 04:09	#7
Haylo Structural Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Middle East and heading Easter Posts: 5,804	The cost for a westerner to visit the Taj Mahal is, as dehliwala says, Rs 750. However, there are two elements to this Rs 750 cost of visiting the Taj Mahal, the Rs 250 Taj Mahal entry ticket itself PLUS a Rs 500 tax payable to the Agra Development Authority by non Indians only. The Rs 500 tourist tax ticket covers the tax element of one visit each to five sites, the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Itimadud-Daula, Sikandra & Fatehpur Sikri, from sunrise to sunset on the same day. __________________ The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful - E.E. Cummings, poet (1894-1962)

Mar 30th, 2009, 00:02	#13
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 5,879	Pack a lunch and have a picnic along the Yamuna at sunset. The experience pricless, the cost free. __________________ What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions?

Mar 24th, 2009, 21:09	#3
edwardseco Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Land that shakes and bakes. Posts: 5,841	Same old..

Mar 24th, 2009, 21:10	#4
New-South-Welshman Drunk Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 1,574	Yeah, so just under US$15.

Mar 26th, 2009, 03:39	#6
jaws Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: LONDON Posts: 297	Dhans For indians its 15 or 25 rupees only.Sorry to disappint you. 750 for special guest.

Mar 28th, 2009, 17:24	#9
dhans Uru Buru member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,842	@ jaws. Yeah I know. Just comparing what they ask to the level of substanance.

Mar 29th, 2009, 16:28	#10
s.evans670@btinterne Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: liverpool uk Posts: 155	and then your blagged for anymore money you may be carrying and dont take your bag you were warned

Mar 29th, 2009, 23:37	#12
s.evans670@btinterne Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: liverpool uk Posts: 155	horses for courses in can only write what i/we seen a big rip

Mar 30th, 2009, 01:33	#15
Hal . . . _ _ _ . . . Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,302	Perhaps s.evans is referring to the touts inside the Taj - official guides, official photo vantage pointer-outers etc.?

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