There’s no metro in the USVI, just buses and “safari taxis.” You must have cash - exact change in small bills or coins. I rode the VITRAN bus on St. T...

Stayed at a hostel in Cruz Bay, St. John this March - they technically had a card reader, but it “broke” when I tried to pay. I ended up handing over ...

The airport currency exchange at Cyril E. King Airport (STT) is honestly a rip-off. Rates are terrible and they charge high commissions. I changed jus...

Yep, happened to me in St. Croix. I used a random ATM outside a liquor store and it froze halfway, then swallowed my card. No contact number on the ma...

I’ve been using ATMs around Charlotte Amalie and Red Hook in St. Thomas. The best experience so far has been with Banco Popular - my Wise card worked ...

I stayed a month in Christiansted, St. Croix in early 2024 and averaged about $90/day living modestly. Airbnb was my biggest cost ($1,500/month), foll...

Taxis in the US Virgin Islands are almost entirely cash-only, especially in St. Thomas and St. John. I asked three different drivers about card paymen...

This is the classic dynamic currency conversion (DCC) trap. Even though the US Virgin Islands uses USD, some ATMs (especially in touristy spots in St....

I stayed in five different hostels in Uzbekistan - Tashkent, Samarkand, Khiva - and every single one asked for cash. Even though they let me book onli...