When I stayed in Yangon, my hostel near Sule Pagoda had a card terminal, but it didn’t work half the time because of unstable connections. In Bagan an...

In Chișinău, most hostels I tried accepted cards - my Visa worked at a hostel near Cathedral Park without issue. Outside the capital, though, it was c...

In Grand Baie, my hostel happily took card at check-in, and even small hostels in Flic en Flac had working terminals. Mauritius is pretty card-friendl...

Macau is trickier. Big hotels are very card-friendly, but hostels often push cash. At my hostel near Senado Square, the front desk said their machine ...

Lithuania is very card-friendly overall. In Vilnius, my hostel near Gediminas Avenue took my Revolut card without hesitation. Even in Kaunas, smaller ...

Hostels in Vientiane and Luang Prabang often want cash in kip, though some tourist-oriented ones take cards. My hostel in Luang Prabang said card paym...

Hostels in Pristina mostly accept cards, especially the bigger ones like Buffalo Backpackers. I paid with Visa easily. That said, a smaller hostel in ...

Jamaica leans cash-heavy, and many hostels I tried in Kingston and Negril wanted Jamaican dollars upfront. At one hostel in Montego Bay, their card ma...

On the Isle of Man, most hostels I tried - like in Douglas - happily accepted cards at check-in. They’re tied into the UK banking system, so Visa and ...