Originally Posted by
autumnmist
Couldn't decide if I should post here or in the DCC credit card thread. I'm aware that the USD is the de-facto standard currency in Cambodia. If I stay at a hotel (major hotel chain like Hyatt, etc) and pay with my credit card, if they present the bill in USD, is that with the horrible DCC rates applied or without? Should I still be looking to pay in Cambodian Riel even though that's not the standard currency?
I'm guessing you have a US credit card. As you say, the de facto currency for high finance (i.e. most things) is USD. The USD system runs smoothly with credit card transactions in that currency. So DCC is simply not an issue for you.
DCC
might come into play for payment with a card not using USD as its native currency (honest, they do exit!), but paying with a UK card I've never had that problem in Cambodia.
I recently stayed in a Budapest hotel. Booked in EUR, billed in HUF and the hotel kindly attempted to slip in a conversion to GBP "for my convenience". Now
that's DCC at work
