Traveling abroad involves more than booking flights and accommodation. Understanding how money works in your destination country can save you time, fees, and unnecessary stress. Our travel money guides help you make informed decisions about cash, cards, exchange rates, and daily payments wherever you travel.
Whether you are planning a short city break or a long international trip, these guides are designed to answer the most common and most expensive money-related questions travelers face.
What You Will Find in Our Travel Money Guides
Our travel guides focus on practical, real-world payment situations.
- Cash vs card usage by country
- Credit and debit card acceptance
- ATM availability and withdrawal fees
- Tipping customs and payment etiquette
- Currency conversion examples for travelers
- Country-specific payment advice for transport and restaurants
Each guide is written to help you avoid unnecessary exchange fees and make confident payment choices while abroad.
Popular Travel Money Topics
- Is cash still needed in Japan?
- Cash or card in Italy, Spain, and France
- Best way to pay in Thailand
- Credit card acceptance in Greece and Portugal
- How much cash to bring to Europe
- Using USD vs local currency when traveling
These articles are continuously updated to reflect current travel habits.
Live Currency Conversion for Travelers
Many guides link directly to our live currency converter so you can instantly check typical travel amounts and country-specific examples.
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Exchange rates are updated multiple times per day using trusted data sources.
Who These Guides Are For
- Leisure travelers and backpackers
- Business travelers
- Digital nomads
- Anyone planning international travel and budgeting expenses
Our goal is to help you spend less on fees and more on your trip.
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Select a country guide for local payment tips.
- How to pay in Japan
- How to pay in Italy
- How to pay in Thailand
- How to pay in Spain
- How to pay in France
- How to pay in Germany
- How to pay in Portugal
- How to pay in Greece
- How to pay in United Kingdom
- How to pay in United States
- How to pay in Canada
- How to pay in Mexico
- How to pay in Brazil
- How to pay in India
- How to pay in China
- How to pay in South Korea
- How to pay in Vietnam
- How to pay in Indonesia
- How to pay in Singapore
- How to pay in Australia
- How to pay in New Zealand
- How to pay in Sweden
- How to pay in Norway
- How to pay in Denmark
- How to pay in Finland
- How to pay in Iceland
- How to pay in Netherlands
- How to pay in Switzerland
- How to pay in Ireland
- How to pay in Austria