Mauritius surprised me - I paid by card in most hostels, including one in Mahebourg. But at a family-run guesthouse in Bel Ombre, they only wanted cas...

My hostel in Coloane accepted cash only, no exceptions. In central Macau, one hostel did take card but added a 4% surcharge. ATMs from Banco Nacional ...

When I stayed at a hostel in Vilnius Old Town, they encouraged card payment and said hardly anyone uses cash anymore. In Klaipėda, my hostel also had ...

Laos is still very cash-heavy. In Vang Vieng, every hostel I checked asked for kip upfront. A few had card machines, but either they “weren’t working”...

In Pristina, I had no issue paying by card at my hostel, and even the bar attached to it was card-friendly. But when I went to Gjakova, the family hos...

When I checked into a hostel in Negril, they flat out told me “cash only,” so I had to walk to the nearest Scotiabank ATM. In Kingston, however, my ho...

I had no problems paying by card at a Douglas hostel. They processed my Revolut debit card just like in the UK mainland. Most Manx hostels and guestho...

When I checked into Avenue Hostel in Budapest, they took my Mastercard right away, no extra fees. Even in Eger, a family-run place had a functioning P...

Guatemala City hostels near Zona 10 were card-friendly, no problem with my Mastercard. But when I stayed in Flores before Tikal, the hostel’s card rea...