Just got back from Thailand and hit up a Bangkok Bank ATM at the airport. It asked me if I wanted to accept their conversion to USD - seemed easier, b...

We needed cash for the taxi so we did exchange some at the Kochi airport. Got 78 rupees for 1 US dollar - interbank rate is 85 rupees - so it was a ho...

Revolut is not accepted at a few bank ATMs in India - had the same experience at a Bank of India ATM. but worked perfectly fine at State Bank of India...

are you using an Amex on a Visa, Mastercard machine? that's probably why. check with the shop before hand.

if really on a budget, you can get by with 15-20 dollars a day. but big cities are not cheap - if you want to eat at decent places and do tours etc. y...

Only cash.

Good restaurants will, smaller restaurants wont accept Amex. Not all ATMs will accept Amex too. Visa, Mastercard, CUP, JCB are the better ones to take...

Always use an atm inside a bank branch, SBI branch guys were able to get it back for me the next day.

Just got back from a 3 month trip to India. only the major hostel chains like zostel, hostelier types take cards, that too in some places they would w...