Cousin Orville
Inventor of Air Cooling
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2000
Since there are a lot of good tips being thrown out here, I’ll add mine.
When paying with a CC, the store or restaurant often asks you whether to pay in Euros or Dollars. As long as you are using a CC that does not charge a foreign transaction fee, the correct answer is always Euros. If you charge in Dollars the merchant will include a hefty conversion fee on top of the price. If you charge in Euros, your bank will do the conversion, and it will be less expensive. It’s always a point of confusion. I’ve even seen ABD guides get confused over this and give out the wrong advice.
This may have been mentioned before, but your best conversions rate getting Euros is usually at an ATM.
When paying with a CC, the store or restaurant often asks you whether to pay in Euros or Dollars. As long as you are using a CC that does not charge a foreign transaction fee, the correct answer is always Euros. If you charge in Dollars the merchant will include a hefty conversion fee on top of the price. If you charge in Euros, your bank will do the conversion, and it will be less expensive. It’s always a point of confusion. I’ve even seen ABD guides get confused over this and give out the wrong advice.
This may have been mentioned before, but your best conversions rate getting Euros is usually at an ATM.