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Money Matters
How to best carry and access your travel funds is what you'll find here, from fast cash from the ATM to using credit cards , beating the exchange rate game and what those old dinosaurs traveler's checks are still good for.
Plastic and ATMs reign in Europe now—this hotel in Milan not only accepts credit cards, but will even process the payment in U.S. dollars.
Money makes the
world go round—and will make your trip to Europe go smoothly, whether you carry it in the form of traveler's checks, cash, ATM cards, or credit cards (hint: it's those the last two that will in the end be the easiest and most cost-effective methods).
As much as this site
is devoted to ways to travel to Europe on the cheap, you gotta spend
money at some point (though there is quite a lot of sightseeing you can do for
free; see Europe
for Free).
Here's how to get money during your travels, strategies for getting the best deals on exchange rates, how to avoid scams and rip-offs, and ways to save money every step of the way on your vacation.
This section will also cross over with the shopping section by giving you the skinny on getting VAT taxes refunded, dealing with U.S. Customs regulations, and figuring out when duty free shops are a good deal.
This material was last updated October 2006. All information was accurate at the time.
Copyright © 1998-2008 by Reid Bramblett. All rights reserved.
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