{"id":639,"date":"2007-04-19T10:08:57","date_gmt":"2007-04-19T10:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=639"},"modified":"2007-04-19T10:08:57","modified_gmt":"2007-04-19T10:08:57","slug":"creditdebit_cards_and_forex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/creditdebit_cards_and_forex\/","title":{"rendered":"Credit\/Debit Cards and Forex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not a big fan of carrying lots of cash when I travel (except in Japan) unless it&#8217;s absolutely necessary.  Usually I&#8217;ll locate my bank&#8217;s ATMs at my destination so I can withdraw cash as needed.  Sometimes though, I&#8217;ll be making a big purchase that requires a credit card (usually air tickets or hotels\/hostels).  Unfortunately, most US credit card issuers luuurve to double dip, charging &#8220;fees&#8221; (I mean &#8220;profit&#8221;) for using your credit card overseas.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/flyerguide.com\/wiki\/index.php\/Credit\/Debit\/ATM_Cards_and_Foreign_Exchange#Credit_and_Charge_Cards\">link to banks in the US and the foreign surcharges they levy<\/a>.  Good to know when you&#8217;re going through the junk mail pile full of credit card offers.<br \/>\nUPDATE: Waaah!  You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discovercard.com\/discover\/data\/faq\/outside_us.shtml#general1\">use your Discover Card on mainland China<\/a>.  No surcharge!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not a big fan of carrying lots of cash when I travel (except in Japan) unless it&#8217;s absolutely necessary. Usually I&#8217;ll locate my bank&#8217;s ATMs at my destination so I can withdraw cash as needed. Sometimes though, I&#8217;ll be making a big purchase that requires a credit card (usually air tickets or hotels\/hostels). Unfortunately, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/creditdebit_cards_and_forex\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Credit\/Debit Cards and Forex&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-good-travel-advice"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2mgIi-aj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}