Originally Posted by Happy
Wow, there are even ATMs on Easter Island and you can withdraw funds from your own bank?
I remember at Taihiti, there was only one machine at downtown Pappeete that took my ATM card (I dont remember it is a Visa or a MC) - that was the machine in front of the Marchee - not even the machine of the same bank at the bank's office in town would take my card.
There is only one bank on Easter Island, and its ATM takes only MC/Cirrus. Visa credit cards can be used in local restaurants, hotels, etc., or at least the ones that cater to tourists. Credit card use often attracts a surcharge.
In French Polynesia there are banks everywhere you look, but they take only Visa/Plus foreign cards or MC/Cirrus ISSUED IN FRANCE; no MC/Cirrus from anywhere else.