Honestly I stuck to daytime withdrawals. In La Paz I only used ATMs inside malls or banks during open hours. Felt way safer, and staff were nearby in ...

Same here, used BANCOBISA in La Paz. Smooth and quick.

In La Paz and Sucre, most hostels let me pay with card, but sometimes only if you booked online. A few smaller ones asked for cash, especially if you ...

In La Paz, for the Mi Teleférico cable cars you can use a reloadable card or just pay cash at the station. No international cards accepted directly th...

That’s dynamic currency conversion. If you hit “Accept,” the ATM converts at their own inflated rate. I learned the hard way ,lost like 9 percent on o...

In Bali, most cafes and restaurants in Ubud and Canggu took my Visa card no problem. Some even accepted contactless. But once I went to smaller towns ...

I travelled around Bali, Java and Lombok for a little over a month. My daily average spend was about 500,000 to 600,000 rupiah which is like 30 to 40 ...

Definitely carry cash if you’re taking regular street taxis. In Jakarta, Blue Bird taxis are the only ones I found that accepted cards, and even then,...

I used my TD debit and my Wise card all over Indonesia and had the best luck with BCA and PermataBank ATMs. Both accepted my cards with no fuss and th...