WGroleau
Wandering Weirdo aka 伟思礼
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2015–2018 (partial)
I've read here and in other places complaints about exchange rates. Two suggestions:
1. Before starting, get a debit card from one of the banks that refund ATM fees. Schwab bank is mine, but I know there are others. In each city, get enough cash from an ATM to last till the next city big enough to have an ATM. And a little extra, in case some emergency requires a taxi or bus. (I also carried a second card, and more than once had to use it when some issue made the preferred card not work.)
2. Pay cash instead of credit. That way, you don't fall for the common trick of paying a "commission" for the conversion. One clown at McDonald's even had the gall to tell me the lie that they are required to do the transaction in "my" currency. He was left with an unpaid burger on the counter. (Many places will only accept cash.)
1. Before starting, get a debit card from one of the banks that refund ATM fees. Schwab bank is mine, but I know there are others. In each city, get enough cash from an ATM to last till the next city big enough to have an ATM. And a little extra, in case some emergency requires a taxi or bus. (I also carried a second card, and more than once had to use it when some issue made the preferred card not work.)
2. Pay cash instead of credit. That way, you don't fall for the common trick of paying a "commission" for the conversion. One clown at McDonald's even had the gall to tell me the lie that they are required to do the transaction in "my" currency. He was left with an unpaid burger on the counter. (Many places will only accept cash.)