Originally Posted by
mapleg
Am I the only one who thinks 5% above market rate is totally unreasonable? That sounds like the kind of ripoff rate that would be charged by an airport currency exchange counter.
Yeah that is horrible, my fees are right around 1% from my local credit union for foreign ATM withdrawals, and if I do more than 10 swipe transactions a month they credit that back up to $25.
Between my wife and I, we are carrying 4 ATM cards tied into three different banks. Occasionally, I have run into problems with one, but never with all four. I also carry a couple hundred USD for emergencies. Now that chip cards in the US are becoming more wide spread, I have found my need for cash in Europe has fallen dramatically.