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<blockquote data-quote="my2cents" data-source="post: 268215" data-attributes="member: 1287"><p><strong>Re: Around the world with Traveller</strong></p><p></p><p>Just a heads up for anyone heading over to Europe in the near future. After talking with some people who recently visited Italy, it would probably be a good idea to have some Euros with you before you go and don't rely on your ATM card. There were some people in this Italian tour group who did not bring any Euros with them and totally relied on their ATM card for cash. Unfortunately, there were reports of ATM cards getting munched by the ATM machines. Additionally, some of these poor souls were unable to go into the bank to retrieve their card because the bank was closed when the transaction took place and the tour moves on the next day to a different location. These people were forced to call their bank to cancel the card and had to scramble to find another source for their spending money. Fortunately, the people I knew brought enough Euros with them to last the tour. </p><p></p><p>I believe the culprit is the fairly new "chip card" system Europe has changed over to. Instead of the magnetic strip on the back of the cards found here in the U.S., one's account data is stored on a microchip on the card. Moreover, credit cards may also be rejected, even if the amount of the transaction is no where near one's credit limit. I think the problem is mostly related to Visa cards. I'm not sure about Amex, MasterCard, etc. Moreover, if memory serves, I recall reading an article about these chip cards several months ago and instead of the four digit PIN number with cards here, Europe has moved to a six digit PIN number. At any rate, Visa has a travel tips page, which deals with this issue: <a href="http://usa.visa.com/personal/using_visa/european_travel_tips.html" target="_blank">http://usa.visa.com/personal/using_visa/european_travel_tips.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="my2cents, post: 268215, member: 1287"] [b]Re: Around the world with Traveller[/b] Just a heads up for anyone heading over to Europe in the near future. After talking with some people who recently visited Italy, it would probably be a good idea to have some Euros with you before you go and don't rely on your ATM card. There were some people in this Italian tour group who did not bring any Euros with them and totally relied on their ATM card for cash. Unfortunately, there were reports of ATM cards getting munched by the ATM machines. Additionally, some of these poor souls were unable to go into the bank to retrieve their card because the bank was closed when the transaction took place and the tour moves on the next day to a different location. These people were forced to call their bank to cancel the card and had to scramble to find another source for their spending money. Fortunately, the people I knew brought enough Euros with them to last the tour. I believe the culprit is the fairly new "chip card" system Europe has changed over to. Instead of the magnetic strip on the back of the cards found here in the U.S., one's account data is stored on a microchip on the card. Moreover, credit cards may also be rejected, even if the amount of the transaction is no where near one's credit limit. I think the problem is mostly related to Visa cards. I'm not sure about Amex, MasterCard, etc. Moreover, if memory serves, I recall reading an article about these chip cards several months ago and instead of the four digit PIN number with cards here, Europe has moved to a six digit PIN number. At any rate, Visa has a travel tips page, which deals with this issue: [url]http://usa.visa.com/personal/using_visa/european_travel_tips.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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