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Nov 28, 2016, 8:18 am

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Swiss Tony

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Originally Posted by gkrnjlr

Thank you for the help! I will definitely plan on having another card and some cash as backup. I didn't realize that hotels would take part cash part credit card. That will be convenient to use up the cash at the end of the trip.

Thanks everyone!

Cash is definitely useful as some independent places will charge a flat additional fee to use a card on small purchases, so under £5 or £10 you could be hit with an extra 50p-£1. In percentage terms, that's quite punchy.

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