Originally Posted by
YuropFlyer
Quick update: no DCC attempt in Germany so far.
Well. They still dont accept cards that widely.. even some petrol stations are cash only..
They sure dont. Last year when we spent 10 days in Germany we were surprised how few restaurants accept cards. There are some names that have locations all over European cities, their counter parts in Prague and Budapest happily took cards but the location at Stuttgart was cash only.
The Netherlands is another EU country where card usage is very low. Not a single grocery store in Amsterdam takes card. Buying transportation tickets with card you are gauged with 0.50 euro surcharge. Then if a human had to process your transaction, then you would be out another 1 euro!