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Multiple country questions

Going to Frankfurt for a day, fly out in the morning to Prague for 3 days. Fly to Budapest for 5 days. Train to Vienna for 3 days. Fly to Dubrovnik for 2 days then fly to Zagreb, rent a car and drive to Plitvice Lakes for a night and back to Zagreb for the next night. GoOpti car to Venice in the morning for 2 days. Train to Munich for 2 days. Back to Frankfurt (train) overnight. 4 different currencies and I would imagine most stuff, hotel, restaurants and museum tickets will be paid by CC. Do the taxis in these cities take credit cards? Has anyone ever used UBER in any of these cities? 48 days to count down. Trying to get a heads up on getting enough foreign currency to take for each country.

Thanks.

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Use an ATM card and take out as much local currency as necessary in each place. If you have leftover, use it to pay your hotel bill in each country when you leave. Don't expect taxis to take anything but local cash in whatever country you are in. I wouldn't assume that I could use the credit card for small amounts - entrance fees, restaurants, souvenirs, etc.

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14761 posts

Taxis in Frankfurt and Munich take US credit cards. If absolutely necessary, I would use a taxi but have not as yet in these two cities. As for Uber, I avoid them, not an option period.

Posted by
9142 posts

No Uber in Germany.
The taxis in Frankfurt take credit cards, but it is always a good idea to ask first. Public transportation is cheaper and very easy to use. You will need coins or small bills for local transportation tickets as the ticket machines won't take credit cards. Credit cards for long distance train tickets are accepted though.

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19515 posts

No Uber in Budapest. Taxis take Credit Cards and Hungarian Forints; and at less than great exchange rates they will take dollars and euros. Suggest you use Fotaxi from the airport then City Taxi for everything else.

Pull cash in fairly large chunks from ATMs to save on service fees.

I can give you a mailing address for left over Euros and Forints.

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12313 posts

Pulling cash in large chunks depends on how your bank charges you. If your bank charges both a percentage and a fee for an ATM withdrawal, you save money by making fewer withdrawals. If your bank only charges you a percentage only (mine, USAA, charges me one percent with no added fee), you can take any amount and it won't make a difference.

It's never a bad idea to review your banking before a trip. Some of the big banks charge fairly outrageous foreign ATM fees - maybe enough to open a dedicated travel account somewhere else.

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14761 posts

Yes, Uber is banned in Germany...good, unlike in SF