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Originally Posted by bdabob
Why risk carrying around cash when credit cards are accepted pretty much everywhere in Europe now? ATM's are also everywhere for keeping a few Euros in hand for incidentals.
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Unless you have an atm card or credit card that doesn't charge a foreign transaction fee (we have a Schwab bank account atm and Capital One visa--no fees other than dollar to euro), you will pay a percentage, usually about 2%, more for Amex, for charging on a credit card or getting euro out of an atm machine.
So if you are just going overseas for a short time, it might make sense to use cash for meals and small shopping.