Originally Posted by
kennycrudup
Serious question- with the advent of plastic (and nowadays, there's anonymous, refillable debit cards), unless someone's going to the Middle Of Nowhere, is there any need to carry cash?
(I'm assuming that the OP has some very specific needs, but I just wonder if Joe Rich Traveler ever has to do this any more)
Migrant/immigrant workers who have family that don't pay in a plastic world is a very common scenario as to why people carry over $10,000.