What did happen once to me is that the machine at a hostel was connected to a very low internet connection so the transaction kept timing out. the guy...

we lived in proper hotels and did not eat street food - we landed up spending like 5000 rupees per person per day in the bigger cities. reduce 20% of ...

Definitely cash unless you are booking an Uber. Otherwise cash all the way

Lot of places in big cities - Mumbai, Delhi accepted Amex - restaurants, bars, tour companies so we never had any problem. did not see a lot of bus st...

Usually the public sector banks are all free - State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, IDBI Bank - the ones I used did not charge any extra ...

Ah India is so huge, totally depends on which area you used the ATM, but i did not find a single ATM unsafe even in the remotest of locations in Keral...

same thing happened to me but it was a standalone atm so dint have much help, there was a helpline number on it i tried calling that number but it was...

Some of the hostels i booked in advance i was able to pay part cash online but when i got to the hostel, they wanted cash. a lot of hostels are run by...

Local buses inside the cities will not, at least the ones i used in Mumbai (non AC ones), unless you have a pass you have bought before. i did pay via...