With so many issues concerning compropised credit cards these days I like the idea of usig Google Pay on my android phone. Does anyone know how readily Google pay is accepted in Hungary & Romania? We will be there this spring, but I don't think it is very common (from what I can see) especially in Romania. Does anyone have any recent travel experience with this, either in Hungary or Romania?
Thanks.
Posted by
Republic of Texas / U.S.A. / Magyarország / Budapest
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In Hungary half the population under 30 uses Google or Apple pay. Probably not much different in Romania but I haven't been there in 3 years.
Posted by
Freedonia
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I've never had a problem anywhere in Europe using Google Pay.
Posted by
Portsmouth
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Using Google Pay is just like using any other form of contactless payment. The payment terminal doesn't know that you're paying via Google, Apple or any other digital wallet it simply recognises that contactless payment is being used.
I don't think there's anywhere in Europe where contactless payment is not widely accepted. Smaller vendors might prefer cash but it's certainly easy to get by on contactless payments only.