Purchasing euro's the minute we arrive

From the Innsbruck airport's website: Bank and money exchange In the airport arrivals area you will find a cash machine for withdrawing money. For all other financial matters, please contact the nearest branch of Hypo Tirol Bank (near Technik University). Your can exchange money at the Schenker travel agency (also located in the arrivals area) during the opening hours indicated below: Monday-Friday 09:00-12:00 12:30-17:00 Wednesday 09:00-12:00
12:30-15:30

Thank you for the information, it seems easy enough.

It should be super simple. I tend to panic and change $100 before I fly out of SeaTac, and then feel totally silly when I get to Europe and there's an ATM right in front of my nose! Have a great trip. :D

I just did two Goodle searches, one for "European ATMs, Visa" and the other for "European ATMs, MC". and both gave me links to Visa and MC website which located all the ATMs in Europe. I was able to find ATMs at the Bahnhof in Berchtesgaden. They locate them in airports, too. What you should feel silliest about is doing that more than once. Everytime I return, I bring enough Euro back with me to comfortably start my next trip without needing to find an ATM. I once arrived in FRA with three ATM cards. There was an ATM right in front of my nose. The first two card didn't work. I got a message to call my bank. It was just a technicality that I could easily clear up, but if I hadn't had a third card that worked, or enough money to get me to my hotel, I would have been calling my bank from a pay phone in the airport (could I even have used the pay phone without any Euro?).

Be sure to use a DEBIT card tied to a CHECKING ACCOUNT and have a four figure NUMERIC PIN number committed to memory. Also, be sure to let the issuing financial institutions know of the what and where of your European travels. I take two debit cards from different financial institutions, as does my wife, one to use and one for a back-up just incase anything goes wrong. I would bet that most of the problems that folks have in not being able to use their debit cards once they get to Europe are traceable to their not communicating their specific travel information with their financial institutions. I have never had a problem, in the last 10 years, with getting local currency from an ATM at whatever place I have first landed in Europe. Happy travels.

I go to my bank and order 500 Euro or Pounds to have before I get there. If doing both countries, then I get 400 of each, which is enough to get me out and about, pay a taxi, buy bus tickets, eat a meal, etc. That way, I am not standing in line at the ATM, waiting to get cash. I can just get luggage and leave.

We always get a small sum changed to euros at our bank before we leave, maybe $250.00. Not only do we have taxi fare when we arrive, but the act of ordering the euros has reminded me to tell the bank of our travel plans.

Hi Nancy, You can also go to AAA in your area and purchase Trip Packs in miscellaneous amounts. That way you'll feel more secure when you land and have one less thing to worry about! Have a wonderful trip !! When are you going ? Innsbruck in just beautiful...I'm assuming you're taking the train via the Brenner Pass into Italy? Just spectacular !!
Have a wonderful trip and enjoy !!!!

Before you go to AAA, check their rates and then check it with Wells Fargo. Some years ago, AAA got their Euro from Wells Fargo, and it saved you the cost of having them shipped out from the downtown branch. The next time I check with them they were getting them from Travelex for a lot more than WF.