I travelled solo through Costa Rica for three weeks and always kept around 40000 to 60000 colones on me, which is roughly 75 to 110 US dollars. That c...

I visited San José and La Fortuna in May and used regular street taxis a few times. None of them accepted cards. One driver actually laughed when I as...

I travelled solo through Costa Rica earlier this year and my general rule was to withdraw cash during the day. I did use an ATM around 9 pm once in Sa...

Yes this happened to me just last month in San José. I used a Banco Nacional ATM near Avenida Central and after entering my PIN the screen just froze....

I stayed in Tamarindo and Santa Teresa this April and most hostels accepted cards but only if you booked online or paid the full amount upfront. Walk-...

Took the bus from my neighbourhood in Escazú to downtown noticed a small contactless reader as I boarded. I tapped my Visa debit card and it went thro...

I’m Costa Rican but live in the US now. When I visit home and use my US card, I always ignore the “accept conversion” suggestion. It’s actually a tric...

I used my DKB Visa debit card at Maybank ATMs across KL and didn’t get charged a local ATM fee. The rate was pretty close to the market rate too. I tr...

I landed at KLIA and saw the money changers right after immigration. Their rate was way worse than what I got later at a Maybank ATM in the city. I us...