My experience in the BVI was split. In Road Town, my hostel happily took Mastercard. But on Anegada, the guesthouse asked for cash, and the lone ATM i...

Hostels in Belize are hit-or-miss with cards. My stay in Caye Caulker was cash only, and I had to queue at the Atlantic Bank ATM on Front Street. In P...

My experience in Bangladesh was mixed. The hostel I used near Dhanmondi in Dhaka technically had a card terminal, but they nudged me toward cash. I ma...

In my experience, Bahrain hostels and budget hotels almost always accept card, especially in areas around Al Hoora and Adliya where backpackers stay. ...

When I stayed in San Juan’s Isla Verde area, my hostel encouraged card payment. In Rincon, my surf hostel also swiped Visa with no trouble. Puerto Ric...

Paraguay surprised me - Asunción hostels were very card-friendly, but in Ciudad del Este, two budget hostels asked for cash. I had to use a Banco Itaú...

In Swakopmund, the hostel by the beach accepted Visa and Mastercard smoothly. In contrast, my stay in a smaller town outside Etosha required cash on a...

In Mandalay, I checked in at two hostels - one tried swiping my Visa but said their network was “down,” the other didn’t even have a terminal. It’s ho...

My Chișinău hostel was totally fine with card at check-in, but when I moved to Soroca, cash was mandatory. Moldova is still pretty cash-oriented outsi...