Note to self

[andrewducker]

When doing something for the first time (like getting foreign money) ask for people's advice on DW/LJ _first_, not after you do it.

I suspect my problem here was that I was expecting there to be horrible charges, and awful exchange rates, if I just took out Euros while I was in Tenerife. I take it I'm still living in the second millenium?

Comments

[fub.livejournal.com]

A few years back, it was a nightmare to find an ATM in Japan that would accept our European bank cards. We used travellers checks, but exchanged them at large hotels -- very quick and hassle-free.

(Luckily, nowadays it's much easier to find a 'foreign' ATM, so we don't do the travellers check-thing anymore.)