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  1. naplesdon

    Detours to Javier Castle, Leyre Monastery, and Foz de Lumbier

    I took the bus from that gas station several years ago. My reason was I had not gone to an ATM in Jaca to top up my cash and I was basically running on empty. There are no ATM on the Aragones except in larger towns. At any rate, and it may have been on a weekend, I'm not sure; the scheduled bus...
  2. B

    Walk from A Coruna to Ferrol

    Im sitting in Betanzos atm so quite intrigued what you come up with as Coruna is only about 18km as the crow flies.
  3. T

    Low fee ATMs. Where

    ...offering 0.97 (unbelievably less than parity)! Just arrived in Madrid and thankfully my Airbnb is next to a Unicaja branch and saved myself an ATM fee of €6/7 versus many other banks. More interestly though I took out €140 and the rate their offered me came out at a cost of £134. I...
  4. Y

    Exchanging cash

    He was able to trade with someone. Now he knows to just change it and tuck it away.
  5. Stephan the Painter

    Exchanging cash

    I take the cash money with me so I have money to exchange in case my card doesn't work when I arrive at a European airport. And of course, I also keep some US dollars in case when I land back in the United States my cards don't work there. I have probably flown back-and-forth to Europe at least...
  6. R

    Exchanging cash

    The $50 or $100 in cash is not useless. On your return to the USA, delays in flights or late arrivals and that cash might come in handy. In addition your debit or credit cards might be smoking hot from all the last day partying and souvenirs. On my return I spend my remaining euros on chocolate...
  7. T

    Exchanging cash

    Re GDR. Only went once. That was 1988. The deal was that you could go in visa free for one day only! You had to change 25 West German Marks (about 12 USD) to East German Marks and you could not take their currency back into the west later in the day when you left. I wasn’t overly travel savvy...
  8. trecile

    Exchanging cash

    That's what I do - in theory 😄
  9. M

    Exchanging cash

    Surely you could just take out an extra €100 from the ATM when you arrive and keep that for emergencies.
  10. Stephan the Painter

    Exchanging cash

    ...that it was difficult to change money at banks. The last time I did it was years ago. I did change large Euro bills that had come out of an ATM several times at banks for smaller bills this year. No one gave me a problem. I think banks in Spain still keep currency behind the counter. And...
  11. D

    Exchanging cash

    ...go to Europe having already exchanged dollars for Euros or we bring leftover Euros from a previous trip, to get started with until we get to an ATM. That is kind of you to help folks out. My husband is from Buffalo and quite familiar with the Canadian holidays when y’all cross the border to...
  12. Bothydave

    Exchanging cash

    Did that and they refused to change to smaller denominations even though I am a Santander account holder. Directed to their main branch and took 30 minutes and 3 forms plus passports to change ONE €50 note Each into Euros Dreadful
  13. Camino Chrissy

    Exchanging cash

    I most always use Santander ATM's when the bank is open. I step inside and convert them at the counter, or choose an oddball amount where I get some 50's and some 20's.
  14. D

    Exchanging cash

    Just curious to know if such banks would open an account for non-residents ("foreigners")?
  15. Camino Chrissy

    Exchanging cash

    I usually bring approx. €100 back home with me to easily use once I arrive in Europe again before stopping at a bank ATM in opening hours at my convenience as I prefer not to use airport ATMs in general. I once brought some crisp US bills to another country and a local bank would not convert it...
  16. Y

    Exchanging cash

    This is good to know. It was a little over 10 years ago when I went to Germany and was able to change cash at banks. Times change. I think you are right about using Correos.
  17. Y

    Exchanging cash

    a lot of times take a little cash to change at the airport so I have an initial infusion of local currency. Some countries may or may not have ATMs easily available so I like to know I have some to hit the ground with while I figure things out. Unfortunately my friend did not change his...
  18. Kathor1

    Exchanging cash

    ...security concerns. Criminals marching into a bank branch and demanding money have become a rarity. Nowadays they use explosives to detonate the ATM - and at night when nobody is around. BTW, cost and security are also the reason when the staff at a bank refuse to change €50 banknotes or even...
  19. Kathor1

    Exchanging cash

    ...and ask for cash from your Volksbank Raiffeisenbank account and the staff will say that they can no longer do this and direct you to their ATM. It is the same in other European countries: arrive will dollars or pounds in hand and they will take your banknotes, convert the sum to euros and put...
  20. Y

    Exchanging cash

    I was surprised when he told me he couldn’t find anywhere to exchange it. When I went to Germany I was able to change it at any bank. When I went to Spain I changed it at the airport but then used my card from there on out so I had no idea it could be different until my friend relayed his...

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