I will be travelling to Europe (currently in the US) from August 11- 24th. I will be at Denmark (one week), Austria (2 days), Rome (2 days) and Warsaw (3 days). I need some help figuring out the best way to make payments while I am in Europe. Initially, I thought of using my credit card for payment and debit card for cash withdrawals but when I contacted my bank (Bank of America), they said they have a high charge as foreign transaction fee for credit credits and 5$ for each cash withdrawal at an ATM.
I am thinking if I should exchange cash while I am still in the US. Which one is a better currency exchange option, my bank or a currency exchange center? But I would need 4 different currencies in that case.
One of my friend suggested I could exchange currencies in the respective countries and also mentioned there would be many options to do that. Is that a better option or do I have any other alternatives?
Any inputs are appreciated.