I learned the hard way that American Express just doesn’t have the same reach in Vietnam as it does in places like Singapore or Thailand. I couldn’t u...

When I traveled through Da Nang, I only withdrew cash after dark twice, both times near busy beachside areas like My Khe Beach. The ATMs there (I used...

Yes, this happened to me at a VietinBank ATM in Hanoi. The ATM looked modern, but it took my card and shut down mid-transaction. I went to the VietinB...

I stayed at The Common Room Project in Ho Chi Minh City, and they took Mastercard and Visa at check-in, which was convenient. But when I went to Littl...

From my experience traveling in Vietnam, especially in cities like Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi, paying for buses is definitely cash-only no card machines on...

I had a similar problem in Da Nang last year with my Citibank debit card. I took out cash from a Sacombank ATM and was prompted to accept conversion t...

Airport exchange booths in Cambodia are convenient but definitely mark up the rate. I compared rates at the Phnom Penh airport and the Canadia Bank AT...

I use Wise all the time but in Cambodia it wasn’t reliable. Shops and ATMs kept declining it, especially outside Phnom Penh. The network here seems to...

On a recent trip with a family group, we found carrying between 100 to 150 USD per person handy because we stayed in places without easy ATM access. W...