I arrived late at night and exchanged R1,000 at the airport to cover a taxi and food. The rate wasn’t great, but I didn’t want to hunt for ATMs while ...

I used a few local taxis in Durban and they all insisted on cash - and exact change too. No POS machines, no app options. Bolt was cheaper and let me ...

Lived in Cape Town for a month and spent around R1,000-R1,300 per day. That included a studio rental in Gardens, daily Flat Whites at Truth Coffee, an...

I stayed in Johannesburg for a month and tested this across different ATMs - FNB, Absa, Capitec. The “Accept/Decline Conversion” prompt is classic DCC...

I lived in Itaewon for a month and used Kakao T for almost every taxi ride. If you’ve got a Korean SIM and a local debit card, it’s by far the smoothe...

Don't bother with cash - metro and buses in Korea are built around tap cards. I grabbed a Cashbee card in Busan and it worked in Daegu too. The machin...

Living in Korea long-term, I can confirm Amex isn’t well-integrated in the local card system (BC Card, for example, is way more common). You’ll see it...

Living in Seoul for 6 months now, and KB Kookmin Bank (KB국민은행) have ATMs with zero additional fees for most foreign cards. That said, some machines st...

I’ve landed in Seoul twice this year for long stays. Now I just pull out cash from a no-FX-fee card (like Wise or Revolut) at the airport’s KB or Woor...