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primarily get the gently caress away from that tourist trap as much as you can Otherwise what are you into, the city's your oyster.
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Going to be doing 3 days in Paris. Any good off the path eats and drinks? I enjoy bar hopping. Also whats a good neighborhood to stay in
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Waroduce posted:Going to be doing 3 days in Paris. Any good off the path eats and drinks? I enjoy bar hopping. Also whats a good neighborhood to stay in Marais is the obvious recommendation nowadays, and Belleville is the new Marais. It's Paris, there's 10000000000000000000000 "off the path" restaurants and bars
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Jul 19, 2019 14:38
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Ras Het posted:Marais is the obvious recommendation nowadays, and Belleville is the new Marais. It's Paris, there's 10000000000000000000000 "off the path" restaurants and bars Alternatively, it's Paris, and 100% of Paris is a pretty well-worn path. There are good restaurants and bars in basically any part of the city. Except the Latin Quarter, which blows, unless you want to meet up with foreign backpackers on their summer break from university, or clueless foreign tourists wearing fanny packs eating in the worst restaurants in Paris.
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Jul 19, 2019 15:00
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Lol i mis read the departing dates and now it looks like Barca. I've done las ramblas and the houses and the church. Any hipster areas or off the baten path deals
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Jul 19, 2019 15:27
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webmeister posted:There are ATMs in the arrivals hall at every major airport so unless you’re super paranoid I wouldn’t worry about bringing cash with you. Just avoid the ones marked ATM in huge letters and with yellow branding, they’re everywhere in Europe and give you extremely lovely rates. Stick to bank machines, not private ones, and look for Telebanco or Bancomat signage - ATM is an English term. Be on the lookout for the Euronet ATMs, they were everywhere in Rome, also, they were the only ATMs I saw in Fiumicino airport at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Hh8kY_hOY
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uli2000 posted:Be on the lookout for the Euronet ATMs, they were everywhere in Rome, also, they were the only ATMs I saw in Fiumicino airport at all. Just decline the conversion when withdrawing money and it will be converted by your own bank instead at whatever rate your bank gives you (still won't be mid-market, of course, but it'll be closer than some scammy third party ATM company). Obviously this works best with a travel-friendly bank like Schwab or whatnot that doesn't tack on currency conversion fees themselves. You still may get hit with fixed fees from the ATM itself for withdrawals, though.
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Yeah, never ever accept the ATM's conversion. Also, if the ATM has a fee they are required to say it and you have to confirm it - at least it's always been like this with my bank card. In places like Spain and Italy I just go around shoving my card into machines until one doesn't ask about the fee and just spits out the money instead (that means there was no fee, remember what bank it was for next time). Besides these things, it's all up to your bank, and your bank is almost always more trustworthy than whatever ATM you are using. At least for my bank, the rates when withdrawing are better than converting in almost any other way, and safer than carrying a wad of cash around.
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Jul 19, 2019 23:15
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Waroduce posted:Lol i mis read the departing dates and now it looks like Barca. I've done las ramblas and the houses and the church. Any hipster areas or off the baten path deals Check my posts on the last page. For bar hopping top options would be Gracia (any plaza), El Born, the Raval (Joaquin Costa), Poble Sec (Carrer de Blai for tapas bar hopping)...plenty of good spots in Eixample too although not as well clustered. Also check for events when you're here because there's almost always some neighborhood festival or something going on somewhere. Edit: also, common mistake but Barca refers to the football team; the city's nickname is Barna.
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The thread told me not to do Venice in July but it’s easily the most amazing place I’ve ever been and the weather wasn’t nearly as hot as everyone claimed, and we were lucky enough to randomly book an Airbnb in a place that isn’t overrun by tourists.
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you missed a 100°+ heatwave by about 2 weeks
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uli2000 posted:Be on the lookout for the Euronet ATMs, they were everywhere in Rome, also, they were the only ATMs I saw in Fiumicino airport at all. Yeah, Euronet is the company I was specifically referring to with the yellow branding. Even if you decline their conversion rate they tack on a colossal fee for using the machine, on top of whatever your bank might charge. And they do the scammy thing by offering you huge amounts of money since it’s an unfamiliar currency. One of the most prominent options on their machines is about two months salary in Czech Republic 
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Oh yeah that's the other thing they do. I didn't see it recently in Amsterdam, perhaps they've had to adapt them to behave more normally when someone inserts a Dutch, but in the past they would show something like 100-200...1000 euros as options, while the average that people withdraw here is normally 70.
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Jul 20, 2019 03:16
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I think I used it in Vienna for 150 eur and chose conversion, I lost 30 eur on commission.
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My bank forced me to change the pin. "We see you were using a lovely atm!"
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I’m a big dumb idiot and didn’t have time to order pounds from my bank. Are the Airport ATMs really as bad as people say?
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Apathy420 posted:I’m a big dumb idiot and didn’t have time to order pounds from my bank. Are the Airport ATMs really as bad as people say? In my experience ATMs are ok. And if not, well you can buy a public transport ticket with your card and then find an ATM in town. What's terrible is the cash exchange booths, those have the worst rates.
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Apathy420 posted:I’m a big dumb idiot and didn’t have time to order pounds from my bank. Are the Airport ATMs really as bad as people say? As mentioned a few posts back, stick to bank ATMs rather than private ones, especially Euronet ones.
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Apathy420 posted:I’m a big dumb idiot and didn’t have time to order pounds from my bank. Are the Airport ATMs really as bad as people say? ATM’s are fine, just avoid the exchange places as stated above me.
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Apathy420 posted:I’m a big dumb idiot and didn’t have time to order pounds from my bank. Are the Airport ATMs really as bad as people say? Bank ATMs are good. Just verify what your home bank may charge you for using an ATM outside their network. I know on my Bank of America Account if I used a Barclay's ATM in the UK it's like a $2 ATM fee and no foreign transaction fees, but if I use any other ATM it's like $5+1%. There are lots of banks that don't charge any ATM or foreign transaction fees. I have a Capital One account that I'll put money in when I travel because they don't charge me any fees at all when abroad.
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I think many credit cards (most?) also allow you to take out money of an ATM, and it counts it against your total allowance but with very little fees. You might need a PIN for that though.
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Mikl posted:I think many credit cards (most?) also allow you to take out money of an ATM, and it counts it against your total allowance but with very little fees. You might need a PIN for that though. Since most payment terminals in Europe don't allow you to pay with a credit card without a pin either, that should be no problem. If you go to Europe with a CC without knowing the pin and without any cash money you just screwed yourself.
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Please advise me as to the best area to stay in and some cool bars/drinking places in Vienna. I have 3 days there
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webmeister posted:Yeah, Euronet is the company I was specifically referring to with the yellow branding. Even if you decline their conversion rate they tack on a colossal fee for using the machine, on top of whatever your bank might charge. And they do the scammy thing by offering you huge amounts of money since it’s an unfamiliar currency. One of the most prominent options on their machines is about two months salary in Czech Republic Deutsch Bank ATMs had no fees when I was in Barcelona and Madrid a week or so ago. Caixa Bank (local bank) tried to charge me 5 euro per transaction. If you get caught at an ATM with high fees, just decline the transaction and try something else if you have the time. quote:If you go to Europe with a CC without knowing the pin and without any cash money you just screwed yourself. Cheesemaster200 fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Jul 20, 2019 |
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Cheesemaster200 posted:Deutsch Bank ATMs had no fees when I was in Barcelona and Madrid a week or so ago. Caixa Bank (local bank) tried to charge me 5 euro per transaction. If you get caught at an ATM with high fees, just decline the transaction and try something else if you have the time.
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Carbon dioxide posted:If you go to Europe with a CC without knowing the pin and without any cash money you just screwed yourself. Because America is in the dark ages a lot of their credit cards still don't come with PINs at all. I'm always shocked the first time I go there and get handed the slip of paper to sign when I've used my CC.
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It really confused and concerned me when I was at an american restaurant for the first time and the fuckers expect to actually take your card when its time to pay
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Carbon dioxide posted:If you go to Europe with a CC without knowing the pin and without any cash money you just screwed yourself. Also, the "tap credit card to pay" feature is fairly widespread in Europe, isn't it?
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Yeah. I was surprised to hear the US got them only recently.
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Methanar posted:It really confused and concerned me when I was at an american restaurant for the first time and the fuckers expect to actually take your card when its time to pay Non-Americans always here: "I'll be back shortly. It only takes a few seconds to copy your credit card."
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Shy posted:Yeah. I was surprised to hear the US got them only recently. Contactless was rolled out in 2005, I remember having a card. For whatever reason people hated them. I forget if the 2005 version was actually less secure or something or if it was some typical US nonsense. Anyway, Apple and Samsung/Google contactless is changing people's minds about it. Someday we might get PINs too.
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A lot of it is that for a long time the US just had way better protection for people whose credit cards were stolen (no idea how things are currently overseas, but...); when the maximum you’re liable for if someone steals your card is 50 bucks and the headache of getting a new card - and the credit card companies are usually happy to write off that 50 bucks - the hassle of dealing with PINs etc starts to feel like a point of friction more than real security.
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What's the best time to visit Bucharest? I've got an open invitation from a Romanian friend of mine. Any trip won't be for a while, but I figure it doesn't hurt to plan ahead. Also, anything I should keep in mind when visiting Romania?
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webmeister posted:Yeah, Euronet is the company I was specifically referring to with the yellow branding. Even if you decline their conversion rate they tack on a colossal fee for using the machine, on top of whatever your bank might charge. And they do the scammy thing by offering you huge amounts of money since it’s an unfamiliar currency. One of the most prominent options on their machines is about two months salary in Czech Republic I found one of these cunty things, or something very similar to it in Gdansk, it offered me the equivalent of 200 euros or something in zloty as the lowest possible amount. I realized what was going on fortunately. How are these not illegal?
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Karenina posted:What's the best time to visit Bucharest? I've got an open invitation from a Romanian friend of mine. Any trip won't be for a while, but I figure it doesn't hurt to plan ahead. Also, anything I should keep in mind when visiting Romania? Sand Monster posted:Also, the "tap credit card to pay" feature is fairly widespread in Europe, isn't it?
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Gonna be in Stockholm in late September for a week. Any tips regarding the weather? I've been before in July and despite being the summer, didn't find it that hot, so I don't know how cold it would actually be in September.
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radlum posted:Gonna be in Stockholm in late September for a week. Any tips regarding the weather? I've been before in July and despite being the summer, didn't find it that hot, so I don't know how cold it would actually be in September. 15c is probably a normal daytime temperature, 20 isn't impossible but towards 10 is more likely. High chance of rain.
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Shibawanko posted:I found one of these cunty things, or something very similar to it in Gdansk, it offered me the equivalent of 200 euros or something in zloty as the lowest possible amount. I realized what was going on fortunately. How are these not illegal? It depends on the local consumer protection laws, really. That's partly why you see them so often in Poland, Czech, Hungary etc whereas they're actually banned from Amsterdam. Side note: as you'd expect from a company called Euronet, it's headquartered in Kansas.
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Can't wait for people to start thrashing those machines, most useless poo poo ever
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Shy posted:Yeah. I was surprised to hear the US got them only recently. I don't know if I've mentioned it in this thread, but: I will forever love my experience in Dublin at (I think) the leprechaun museum. The clerk asked me for my credit card to pay, but I just tapped the machine to pay. "You're not an American, are you?"
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