There’s no metro - just jitneys and minibuses. All require cash only, typically EC$4-$6 per ride. Drivers don’t provide change for large bills. Public...

I booked three hostels - two accepted Visa but one insisted on EC cash because their card reader was offline. Hostel card acceptance in Antigua & ...

When arriving at VC Bird International Airport, I avoided the currency booth - it gave a poor rate. Instead I withdrew EC dollars from the Scotiabank ...

Yes - my credit card vanished into a Scotiabank ATM near Dickenson Bay Resort. No errors, just a chomp and silence. I sprinted to the branch with my p...

Most of the hostels I stayed in - Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Salta - preferred cash. Some listed “card accepted,” but machines either failed or were offli...

I carried both Amex and Visa while working from Buenos Aires. Amex worked in only about 30% of mid-range restaurants and didn’t work at most ATMs - Ba...

My Visa got eaten by a Banco Nación ATM near Palermo. I went to the branch the next morning with my passport. They retrieved it from their internal va...

In Buenos Aires, all metro rides and most colectivos require a SUBE card, which you load with pesos. You can top it up at kiosks using cash or debit. ...

After landing at Ezeiza, I skipped the exchange counter - rates were awful. Instead I took an airport shuttle to Constitución and used a Banco Nación ...