I tried to be fancy with my Amex Gold, but got politely rejected at least 5 times in one week across Rome and Naples. 😂 One waiter even joked ...

In Lyon I booked taxis through the Free Now app and paid by card through the app itself. Super convenient and no awkward conversations at the end. Eve...

Crédit Mutuel and La Banque Postale were solid options. I used their ATMs in Strasbourg and Lyon and never got charged anything extra beyond what my c...

I had better luck in tourist-heavy areas like Nice and Marseille. Hotels and airport shops took Amex without question but local markets and smaller st...

I felt fine withdrawing cash at night in places like Strasbourg and Marseille but I always used ATMs at supermarkets like Monoprix or Carrefour or one...

I lost my Revolut card to a AXA Banque ATM in Marseille and it wasn’t attached to a bank, just one of those standalones at a grocery store. The number...

My hostel in Bordeaux took Revolut and Monzo with no issue. No fees, no weird conditions. But a girl in my dorm said her prepaid card got rejected eve...

Marseille was a mix. The metro machines at bigger stations like Saint-Charles took cards, but the one near my hostel didn’t. It kept rejecting my Monz...

Even when I used my traditional bank card from the US, saying no to conversion gave me a much better rate. I compared it once by withdrawing the same ...