They popped that prompt during my April trip - I almost clicked “With Conversion” since it looked easy. But it showed a 7.5 % markup and I felt my jaw...

I used taxis a few times in Košice and Banská Bystrica and only one had a working card machine. The rest wanted cash and made it clear upfront. Bolt i...

I used public transport across Bratislava and Košice, and yeah, most of it still runs on a cash-based or prepaid ticket system. There’s no contactless...

I traveled around Slovakia for two weeks and only one hostel asked for cash - it was in a rural area near the Tatras. All the ones in Bratislava, Nitr...

Amex didn’t work anywhere I tried - not even at a fancy café in the old town. Visa and Mastercard were fine everywhere. Even some ATMs didn’t recogniz...

When I arrived, I exchanged €50 at the airport just to cover a cab and snacks. The rate wasn’t great - very tourist-oriented pricing. Once in the city...

My card got swallowed by an OTP Bank ATM near the Bratislava train station. No error, no explanation - just gone. I went into the branch next door and...

I used my Chase debit card in Košice and was really tempted to press “Accept” because the screen made it look like the safer option. But it showed the...

In Bratislava last month, I used Tatra banka and Slovenská sporiteľňa ATMs. They had withdrawal limits of €200-500 per transaction, Tatra bank was fee...