In Muscat, I stayed at a couple of hostels near Muttrah and Qurum and both accepted cards. However, when I went to Sur, the guesthouse insisted on cas...

In Skopje, most hostels I stayed at (Get Inn Hostel, Shanti Hostel) accepted card, but the terminals sometimes didn’t work. They often asked me to pay...

In Granada, my hostel accepted only cash, even though the website said cards were fine. Same thing in León. Nicaragua is still very cash-based when it...

New Zealand is one of the easiest countries I’ve traveled for payments. Hostels across Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch all took cards. I stayed...

Kathmandu hostels like Zostel and Fireflies Backpacker happily took cards, but in Pokhara I ran into a place that only accepted cash. Nepal’s banking ...

In Moorea, many hostels and guesthouses operate on a more relaxed island system. I stayed at Fare Aute and had to pay cash in CFP francs. Their card m...

I stayed in Monte Carlo for a weekend and while Monaco isn’t exactly a hostel-heavy destination, the budget places across the border in Beausoleil def...

On Maafushi I stayed at a hostel where the card terminal was “broken” for two days. They eventually got it working but charged a 3.5% fee. I ended up ...

Luxembourg is high-tech, so every hostel I checked into accepted cards. Youth Hostel Luxembourg City even lets you prepay online with Visa or PayPal. ...