I like to find an Irish pub to buy a Guinness to get an idea if things are cheap or expensive. It seems Guinness is still around $7 even in cheap countries where a regular beer is like $3 or $4.
Did you have any issues with extortionate transaction fees when withdrawing cash ? Heard in Turkey it’s pretty bad, but there are select banks you can avoid these high fees.
I try not to use debit or credit cards when I travel. My flights and rooms are booked online using credit cards so I just need spending money for food and things like museums and bars. I like to bring cash with me and have the credit and debit as a back up. If the fees are too expensive to exchange cash, it may be worth it to use the debit card at ATMs. For this I use Charles Schwab. It refunds all ATM fees worldwide and gives you good exchange rates (I think about 1%) as long as you do not agree to let the local bank do the exchange for you which is usually a huge ripoff.
Great tour thanks Nick they have a Irish pub and McDonald's what more could possibly want on vacation 😅😅
I like to find an Irish pub to buy a Guinness to get an idea if things are cheap or expensive. It seems Guinness is still around $7 even in cheap countries where a regular beer is like $3 or $4.
goodness, does not appear to be many choices for night life...HAHA! man, it's overwhelming...what to do??
Yeah, and that was just a few blocks of Istiklal. There are other areas as well. A lot of good choices in Istanbul.
Did you have any issues with extortionate transaction fees when withdrawing cash ? Heard in Turkey it’s pretty bad, but there are select banks you can avoid these high fees.
I try not to use debit or credit cards when I travel. My flights and rooms are booked online using credit cards so I just need spending money for food and things like museums and bars. I like to bring cash with me and have the credit and debit as a back up. If the fees are too expensive to exchange cash, it may be worth it to use the debit card at ATMs. For this I use Charles Schwab. It refunds all ATM fees worldwide and gives you good exchange rates (I think about 1%) as long as you do not agree to let the local bank do the exchange for you which is usually a huge ripoff.