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Ep.10 - Dealing With Money While Travelling

Updated: Sep 5, 2020

Travelling is great; until you get back and find the unexpected “foreign charge fees” on your bank statement - suddenly that bargain buy wasn’t such a great deal after all! In this episode, we’ll discuss how we deal with travel finances and share our tips from 15 years of travelling to over 26 different countries. 


In short, we’ll discuss:


  1. Using ATM's and the associated fees

  2. Debit & Credit Cards

  3. Other Options for Cash

  4. How much cash do I need?

  5. Tracking your expense!

  6. General 

You can find more details here:  https://www.wewillnomad.com/post/cards-vs-cash-for-travellers




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