Paying

Travel Tip Sections

the nine or so 'Ps'

Packing Pre-flight Planes Passport Paying (money) Purchasing Peregrination (touring) Photography Phones Phrases (communicating) Pabulum (food) Power (adapters/electronics/etc.) Potpourri

• Most of Europe uses the Euro (€)

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• Traveler's checks (caveats)
  • Not as good of an exchange rate
  • Fee involved when purchasing and exchanging
  • Don't carry your receipts with you; rather, keep 'em with the copy of your passport in your room
• Credit cards/debit cards widely accepted and offer the best exchange rate often w/o a fee
  • Though if you are eating with a group, be prepared to pay with cash in order to make things easier as some places will not split bills
• Don't count/display money in public
• Carry small amount of money in pocket for street-item purchases and the rest in your wallet
• Don't take all of your money with you (use a room safe, etc.)