Booked a dorm in Banff and they took cards no issue. Even let me tap to pay. But I stayed at a hostel in Jasper where they added a 2% fee for card, so...

I pressed "With conversion" the first time ‘cause it sounded safer lol. Ended up losing like 8%. After that I always did “Without conversion” and it w...

In Vancouver I tapped my Revolut card on the Compass reader and it worked fine. But once I was on a bus in Victoria and the driver wanted exact change...

Had the same problem in Vancouver. RBC ATM swallowed my card. I flagged a bank rep inside and they said they retrieve foreign cards only if the bank o...

yes its safe mostly. I used CIBC and ScotiaBank ATMs in Calgary. no problems at all. just don’t use the tiny ATMs at gas stations, they charge more an...

I had trouble with my N26 at TD Bankk.... it got declined a few times. But it worked smoothly at CIBC and Scitibank. CIBC had a 5 CAD fee and could wi...

Better to pay card. I used Apple Pay on my phone few times too. In Vancouver and Quebec City they had the small white POS machines. Worked fine with m...

Toronto was expensive man 😩. I tried to keep it under 100 a day but it was tough. 15 CAD for breakfast, metro is 3.35, lunch another 20. Ended...

Some terminals just don’t recognise foreign fintech cards. I had issues with N26 at restaurants in Vancouver, but it worked fine at CIBC and even at a...