The math doesn’t lie: ATM’s USD option: £100 = $138 (8% fee + bad rate) Your bank’s conversion: £100 = $127 (1-3% foreign transaction fee + Visa/M...

Hostels 100% prefer cards now - it's actually awkward trying to pay cash these days! Stayed at Clink78 in London and they wouldn't even accept cash fo...

Best option depends on your card. If you have Wise/Revolut:Withdraw £100-200 at a Post Office ATM in the airport (no fee)Get the rest at...

Ugh, same issue here! My Wise card got declined at 3 different UK ATMs last week even with plenty of balance. Called support and they said it’s a "loc...

Used taxis in Florence and Milan. Florence was mostly cash-only unless you pre-booked with an app. Milan taxis were more modern and had working card m...

Used my Bank of America debit (part of Global ATM Alliance) at a BNL ATM in Milan and bypassed BofA’s foreign ATM fees. Overall very cheap way to get ...

I’m also a solo female traveler and kept withdrawals to daytime hours whenever I could. One night I used a UniCredit ATM near Termini station in Rome ...

My Revolut card got eaten by a BNL ATM in Bologna. I think the screen glitched and it just shut down mid-transaction. The bank was closed for the week...

In Milan, I paid everything by card at Ostello Bello with my Mastercard. No problems at all. But in Naples, the hostel asked for cash when the card ma...