Best credit card for travel
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If you're new to traveling to Asia you can be surprised by the number of tiny businesses and street shops and that sort of venue are obviously cash based businesses (if the shop doesn't have an actual cash register, take the hint). But for the serious kind of boutiques, restaurants, hotels and the like, credit cards are fine. When I visited Japan I was still using mostly my MasterCard and it was never turned down in places I'd expect them to take a CC.
Still, overall, I'd say Japan is quite more cash based than North America, but it's not that bad either. It's nowhere near like, say Thailand, where you may as well just leave your CC in the hotel safe. There's ATMs everywhere anyway, so after a day you will have a good feel how much you need to carry and you will adjust just fine. It really depend what kind of spender you are and where you hang out, so there's no set rule. Worst case scenario an employee will walk you to the nearest ATM to get cash to pay your bill.
Still, overall, I'd say Japan is quite more cash based than North America, but it's not that bad either. It's nowhere near like, say Thailand, where you may as well just leave your CC in the hotel safe. There's ATMs everywhere anyway, so after a day you will have a good feel how much you need to carry and you will adjust just fine. It really depend what kind of spender you are and where you hang out, so there's no set rule. Worst case scenario an employee will walk you to the nearest ATM to get cash to pay your bill.
Germany is also very cash based, you gotta learn how to travel and keep at least a little bit of cash on you.
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My experience in Japan was that for most restaurants and bars cash was king. Buying from large retailers and the like Visa was fine. ATMs there are a little goofy too, it was kind of hit and miss on whether or not someone's debit card would work in particular machines, and often the withdrawal limit was very low.