Do you still take foreign cash anymore?

[V8 Stang]

So am off to Austria on Sunday for a fortnight of snowboarding at St. Anton.

Just remembered i don't have any Euro's, was going to order some, but then thought what am i going to likely need actual cash for?

Even when i was in the US last year pretty much all tips etc was done by card and brought most of my dollars back home with me.


So do you still take any foreign cash with you?

[Soft Top]

I don’t usually abroad but a fair few of the mountain restaurants in St Anton only take cash. Not all of them but enough that I’ve seen it cause issues last year and the year before.

It’s an odd one there. Some of the places that took cards before COVID only take cash now when the rest of the world is the other way around!

[Whataguy]

A small amount, just in case there's an issue with card systems or for small items but everything is usually by card now.

Mostly I bring them back to take for the next trip.

[x5tuu]

None. Haven’t for years now to any destination.

[RSTurboPaul]

I thought this was going to be a thread about accepting scottish bank notes

[h0b0]

In the last 12 months I have been to Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and England twice (US based). The only place I used cash was England and I think that’s because it’s the only country I went to where I had to pay for each drink at the bar.

[stevemcs]

Yes, we usually take 150-200 euros just incase but more often than not stick everything on a card.

[xx99xx]

Yes, mainly for tips: housekeeping, bar staff etc

[valiant]

Just a little bit for tips, taxis, etc.

Normally whack most stuff on the card but a few euros/dollars in cash can be handy (although it has sometimes taken a few holidays to spend it all as I can’t be arsed to change back to sterling)

[nancyheady]

I also take a small amount of foreign cash, so I could have a few souvenir coins to add to my foreign coin collection before I return home

[limmy01]

Always have 100 euros in my wallet just incase, but in the last few years travelling with work I've never needed it

[Djtemeka]

I only use cash

[Jamescrs]

Usually like to have around 300 euros with me in cash, most of my trips are to the Nurburgring and the local eateries seem to prefer cash payments, As i'm fairly regular I just keep what I don't use for future trips

[JQ]

Soft Top said:

I don’t usually abroad but a fair few of the mountain restaurants in St Anton only take cash. Not all of them but enough that I’ve seen it cause issues last year and the year before.

It’s an odd one there. Some of the places that took cards before COVID only take cash now when the rest of the world is the other way around!

This. I had exactly the same experience skiing in Gerlos last year.

[Vsix and Vtec]

I don't usually, but after last year, I will be taking cash to Le Mans. The shear number of people at the circuit last year crushed the telecommunications capacity making it so that the vendors all started being unable to take card payments.

[NDA]

V8 Stang said:

So am off to Austria on Sunday for a fortnight of snowboarding at St. Anton.

Just remembered i don't have any Euro's, was going to order some, but then thought what am i going to likely need actual cash for?

Even when i was in the US last year pretty much all tips etc was done by card and brought most of my dollars back home with me.

So do you still take any foreign cash with you?

I always take Euros to France with me, but rarely (if ever) need them. It's just an old fashioned habit of not wanting to be 'stuck' somehow. I never use cash in the UK and only ever have my iPhone with me - I don't carry cards either. France (and Austria) is much the same as the UK, even in the rural farmers' markets you can use a phone to pay.

But I still take cash with me.

[AlvinSultana]

Nope.

Just done Athens, Tenerife, and Lisbon. I could even have left the cards at home. Every single purchase using Apple Pay.

Also went to Malaysia at Christmas and thought it prudent to get a few Ringgits for the islands for taxis etc. But ended up frantically trying to spend them at the airport on the way home.

Cash is pretty much just for the black economy wherever you go.

[Old Merc]

I regularly visit my Granddaughter and her family who live in Germany, and always take a few hundred euros. Unlike the UK cash is still regularly used in Germany.
Next month it’s Lanzaroti where I will only use cash for a taxi, a beer or coffee and tips.
No matter what country we visit I always have cash, just in case there is a problem with cards.

[Guyr]

I don't carry cash in the UK, the only place that I ever visit that's cash only is a barbers, but only for a haircut once a month, so easy to prepare cash for.

We've done 8 Europe trips in the last 12 months and always take some cash. Every shop/restaurant has taken cards (Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland etc) however we did find a few street vending stands that didn't, which I was surprised about. Quite a few at the Vienna Christmas markets were cash only.

We didn't need a lot, but it did help just taking 50 euros in a wallet out every day, just in case.

[LordGrover]

I find traveling to be pretty much the same as here; 90% card with the odd exception that requires cash.
Here that's car park car wash, restaurant tips and not much else - abroad sunbeds, quick snacks and tips.