Rates at airport counters in Italy were consistently worse than local ATMs inside San Marino. I use Revolut and my card gave me near-perfect exchange ...

Spent five days in San Marino last month. Worked from a café with okay Wi-Fi, stayed in an Airbnb just outside the walls. Daily spend came to about €8...

I tried using my Amex for coworking, SIM cards, groceries... almost every time it got rejected. Belgrade is growing in terms of payment infrastructure...

My Wise card got eaten by an Intesa ATM near Slavija Square. I called the number on the machine, but they told me to visit the main branch. It took tw...

I stayed in Belgrade for a month and rode the bus almost daily. You can’t pay with a foreign card on the transport system itself. I grabbed a BusPlus ...

I landed at Nikola Tesla Airport and compared ATM vs. counter. ATMs gave me better rates overall, especially if I declined conversion - used my Wise c...

Serbia isn’t super card-friendly with taxis yet. CarGo worked great and let me pay directly through the app, but regular street taxis almost always wa...

Stayed in Dorćol (Belgrade) for a month and averaged around €55/day. That included Airbnb, groceries, co-working, occasional meals out, and weekend tr...

I’ve withdrawn cash from ATMs all over Belgrade and tested both options. When I accepted conversion, the rate was around 110 RSD per euro; when I decl...