In Lyon I needed cash after dinner and used a Crédit Mutuel ATM around 10 PM and there was a La Banque Postale ATM also need to it. It was in a well-l...

Same thing in Paris. My Monzo card got eaten by a BNP Paribas ATM near Montparnasse. I called the number printed on the machine right away and they to...

In Paris I stayed at a chain hostel and paid by card with no problem. They even took Apple Pay. Same in Lyon, no issues. But in smaller towns like Ann...

In Lyon I used the TCL ticket machines and they accepted both Visa and Mastercard, no problems at all. I paid for a carnet of 10 tickets using Revolut...

I made the mistake once at a Crédit Agricole ATM and accepted conversion because it looked more transparent. Ended up getting a terrible rate and lost...

If you just need a bit of cash to get into the city or grab a snack, changing a small amount at the airport is fine. But if you're talking about excha...

Same here with Revolut Mastercard. Worked perfectly in Spain and Germany, but in Nice it got declined at 3 different machines. I contacted Revolut and...

In smaller towns and rural areas like Provence or Normandy, I found cash more useful. A few bakeries, farmers markets, and local buses didn’t accept c...

In Munich I had no problem paying by card in official city taxis, especially the ones I booked through Free Now. The app handles payment by card and i...