Avoiding Credit Card Ripoffs While Abroad

Traveling abroad has its obvious difficulties: language barriers, unfamiliar customs and strange foods. However, it is the familiar—such as a credit card or native currency—that often incurs the most financial damage for unsuspecting travelers. Not to worry though, because prospective tourists need only heed certain key pieces of advice in order to avoid personal finance pitfalls.


It is initially important to acknowledge the benefit of making purchases with a credit card while traveling. Such a decision negates both the risk of being pick-pocketed and the stresses associated with the logistics of obtaining a favorable currency exchange while adding a measure of comfort to the whirlwind of change presented by a foreign place. Thus, a credit card can offer simplicity and peace of mind to any traveler’s trip.


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good advice. amex has 2%. they try and suck you in by saying that you can earn more reward points using it overseas, but the benefit of that never adds up to more than the fees. In the end "the house always wins".