This happened to me in Arequipa at a GlobalNet ATM outside a supermarket and then as luck would have it also days later at a Multired / Banco de la na...

Stayed mostly in budget hostels and guesthouses across Peru in March. In bigger cities I could use my card at check-in but in Paracas and Nazca they i...

Just came back from Peru in April. I tried using my card on the metro in Lima but no luck. You need a special card that you buy at the machine inside ...

I withdrew cash twice in Arequipa from Interbank and Scotiabank ATMs using my UK Monzo card. The machines asked if I wanted to be charged in GBP or PE...

I just arrived in Ho Chi Minh City last week and did a comparison: the Tan Son Nhat Airport exchange counter was giving me a really low rate and added...

This seems to be an issue if you’re using a Mastercard version of the card. I had success with my Visa Revolut card at MB Bank and TPBank, but not at ...

I planned for 600-900k VND/day depending on the city. In Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, I spent more on cafes, entrance tickets (like Hoa Lo Prison or Wa...

In Da Nang and Hoi An, I found that Grab and Be both worked, but coverage was thinner compared to Hanoi or HCMC, especially late at night. I had to us...

During my stay in Hue and Hoi An, I looked around for low-fee ATM options and ended up relying mostly on TPBank and MB Bank. TPBank had zero withdrawa...