Travel money
What paying for things is actually like, country by country.
Which currency, how far a card really gets you, and the local quirk that catches visitors out. No daily budgets and no invented averages — prices go stale in weeks, and a number you cannot trust is worse than none.
A$ AUDAustraliaCard almost everywhereR$ BRLBrazilCard almost everywhere$ COPColombiaCash and card both matter€ EURCroatiaCash and card both matterKč CZKCzechiaCard almost everywhereE£ EGPEgyptCash still leads€ EURFranceCard almost everywhere€ EURGermanyCash and card both matter€ EURGreeceCash and card both matter₹ INRIndiaCash and card both matterRp IDRIndonesiaCash still leads€ EURItalyCash and card both matter¥ JPYJapanCash and card both matterRM MYRMalaysiaCash and card both matter$ MXNMexicoCash and card both matterDH MADMoroccoCash still leads€ EURNetherlandsCard almost everywhereNZ$ NZDNew ZealandCard almost everywhereS/ PENPeruCash and card both matter₱ PHPPhilippinesCash still leadszł PLNPolandCard almost everywhere€ EURPortugalCash and card both matterS$ SGDSingaporeCard almost everywhereR ZARSouth AfricaCard almost everywhere₩ KRWSouth KoreaCard almost everywhere€ EURSpainCard almost everywherekr SEKSwedenCard almost everywhereCHF CHFSwitzerlandCard almost everywhere฿ THBThailandCash and card both matter₺ TRYTurkeyCash and card both matterAED AEDUnited Arab EmiratesCard almost everywhere£ GBPUnited KingdomCard almost everywhere$ USDUnited StatesCard almost everywhere₫ VNDVietnamCash still leads
Not seeing your destination?
The list covers the destinations we can describe accurately rather than every country on earth. The mechanics that matter most — tracking cash, how card charges settle and what a budget must account for — work the same way everywhere.