During my stay in San Marcos La Laguna, the hostel only took cash, and the lone ATM by the dock wasn’t working for two days. That experience taught me...

My hostel in Gibraltar didn’t hesitate to take card. They even encouraged contactless payment over cash. Gibraltar uses the pound sterling, but UK car...

I can’t stress enough how cash-based Gambia is. My hostel in Serrekunda had a dusty card machine on the counter, but the owner admitted it hadn’t work...

Honestly, Finland is just like Denmark - almost cashless. Hostels from Helsinki to Lapland all swipe or tap cards at check-in. In fact, the only time ...

During my trip, I found that hostels in El Salvador are split: tourist-heavy areas like El Tunco lean card-friendly, while smaller towns stay strictly...

Honestly, Denmark is the opposite of most places discussed here. In Copenhagen and Aarhus, I didn’t see a single hostel that allowed cash payments. Th...

Cyprus overall is card-friendly, but the exception is northern hostels. I stayed in Nicosia on the south side - no problem paying by card - but when I...

I stayed in a guesthouse in Bodden Town, and they actually did ask for cash, which surprised me since everywhere else I went was card-obsessed. It was...

Cameroon isn’t card-friendly for hostels. When I arrived in Douala, the hostel manager literally laughed when I asked about paying with Visa. Even in ...