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In pre-Covid, small businesses like kiosks, bars etc used to refuse cards or put a minimum spending amount. But now, all is changed. I mentioned contactless and fast Apple Pay, which simplifies payment procedures.Thanks. I was thinking for food in bars, and accomodations. So yes, I will bring some francs.
Or Google Pay.I mentioned contactless and fast Apple Pay, which simplifies payment procedures.
As for cash, if you take out 50 CHF p.person from an ATM, and in combination with one of the said apps, it will last "forever", in my case I often need 2 weeks to spend it.
ATM's in Switzerland let you choose "large bills" or "small bills", maybe you overlooked?Passing though Montreux, I stopped at an ATM to get some cash for food/buses. Decided to go for CHF200 and the ATM dutifully issued the CHF200 - as 1 note.
Didn't want to get on a bus with only a single note so walked into town.
I used my Starling Bank card in Spain last year. It's a kind of credit card, but you pre-load it with funds transferred from your bank account. There are other similar cards (I think Monza is one) and one advantage is that if you lose it, you can cancel the card, but even if it does get used fraudulently, you'll only lose the amount that was loaded on to the card.We are starting our VF trip in Aigle, heading to Lucca in September. Will we need francs in the Suisse section (5 days) of the walk...or will most everyone take euros?
I still have French francs left over from business trips many years ago. Nearly everyone accepts cards,Googlepay, Revolut etc.To set up Apple Pay, you need to have an iPhone, if instead, you use an android device, it's Google Pay, Trecile is right of course.
To install either it is easy peasy, takes 2 minutes. Look up this site.
As for cash, if you take out 50 CHF p.person from an ATM, and in combination with one of the said apps, it will last "forever", in my case I often need 2 weeks to spend it.
Being technically challenged I have a question about Apple Pay or any card on your phone. When you use your phone to pay must it be connected to WiFi or some phone service to use? When I’m walking I keep my data off and connect to WiFi only at end of the day. How does it work?To set up Apple Pay, you need to have an iPhone, if instead, you use an android device, it's Google Pay, Trecile is right of course.
To install either it is easy peasy, takes 2 minutes. Look up this site.
As for cash, if you take out 50 CHF p.person from an ATM, and in combination with one of the said apps, it will last "forever", in my case I often need 2 weeks to spend it.
Apple Pay works the same as Pay Wave where you wave your (chip enabled) credit card over the device at the cash register. The iphone doesn't need a data connection and it is a bit more secure than just waving a credit card since the iphone reads your finger print/login code before it talks to the device.Being technically challenged I have a question about Apple Pay or any card on your phone. When you use your phone to pay must it be connected to WiFi or some phone service to use? When I’m walking I keep my data off and connect to WiFi only at end of the day. How does it work?