Originally Posted by graraps
Why mess around with paperwork when you can do everything electronically?
Two reasons: you have probably never been in Paris at Xmas when no ATM's were working for over 12 hours and CC's could not be processed.
Try many places in Australia where only cash or TC's are accepted.... Never depend intirely on electronic, no matter where you are.
By the way, there were quite a lot of problems in Alabama last week.
In case of trouble, cash and TC's are still the best.