My entire backpacking trip in Ireland was cashless when it came to hostels. In Dublin and Killarney, everything was card-first. Even small hostels nea...

I stayed in hostels around Roatán and Utila - both wanted cash upfront, no exceptions. ATMs on Roatán worked with my Visa but sometimes ran out of mon...

When I visited Guernsey, I was surprised how modern the payments were - my Revolut Mastercard worked everywhere, including my budget hostel. But I did...

Georgia is mixed. My hostel in Batumi accepted Mastercard at check-in, but in Kutaisi, cash was the only way. Even in Tbilisi, one smaller hostel pref...

Fiji is definitely cash-heavy for hostels. My hostel in Nadi near Wailoaloa Beach had a card reader, but it failed twice, so I ended up paying cash. O...

I expected the Faroes to be more cash-oriented, but every hostel I stayed at in Tórshavn happily accepted card. Even smaller guesthouses in villages d...

My experience in the Dominican Republic was mixed. In Santiago, I stayed at a hostel that did accept Visa, but they added a 4% surcharge. On the north...

In Prague, I don’t think I ever pulled cash for hostels - Hostel One, Sir Toby’s, all swiped Mastercard just fine. But once you leave big cities, it’s...

Hostels in big Chilean cities (Santiago, Valparaíso, Concepción) are very card-friendly. I checked into three and all swiped my Visa smoothly. When I ...