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Help the people. We are going to Crete with a big company, I am the organizer, no boom-boom in this topic. I copy the question without cuts.
Ask the truth. What annoys me: I don’t want to carry a large amount of cash. Ask the pros, are there many ATMs there, do they accept cards for payment? And yet, it happened to me in Bulgaria - the bank set a limit on the daily withdrawal of money, because. Bulgaria is considered a disadvantaged country in terms of theft (I remember that I then limited the rent at the level of 300 bucks). In this regard, do you need to contact the bank in advance and warn about the maximum amount? Are there such claims to Crete? And another question - where is it better to withdraw money - at an ATM at a bank or can it be anywhere?
Ask the truth. What annoys me: I don’t want to carry a large amount of cash. Ask the pros, are there many ATMs there, do they accept cards for payment? And yet, it happened to me in Bulgaria - the bank set a limit on the daily withdrawal of money, because. Bulgaria is considered a disadvantaged country in terms of theft (I remember that I then limited the rent at the level of 300 bucks). In this regard, do you need to contact the bank in advance and warn about the maximum amount? Are there such claims to Crete? And another question - where is it better to withdraw money - at an ATM at a bank or can it be anywhere?
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It is best to pay by card, it is accepted EVERYWHERE, even in the smallest eateries and shops.
But there is absolutely no need to withdraw cash, in the sense of absolutely no need. Take a couple of hundred euros, and that's it. Let the rest be on the card, and you will pay for it.
But there is absolutely no need to withdraw cash, in the sense of absolutely no need. Take a couple of hundred euros, and that's it. Let the rest be on the card, and you will pay for it.
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answered 12 years ago
It is best to pay with a card, it is accepted EVERYWHERE, even in the smallest eateries and shops. ------------------- is this yes, even the last tray with souvenir shells?
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answered 12 years ago
I can say about Hersonissos and Heraklion. In Hersonissos, they did not take a payment card either in a jewelry store or in a grocery store, saying that there is no connection with the bank at the moment. In Heraklion in the shopping center I paid for the purchase with a card. I did not see trays with souvenir shells equipped with terminals.
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answered 12 years ago
You will be surprised, but I am not interested in stalls with souvenir shells))) I guess I am a strange person.
Or maybe they just took a card from me, but not from you. Not all cards and not all cardholders are trusted by the Greeks. Then I sympathize with you.
Or maybe they just took a card from me, but not from you. Not all cards and not all cardholders are trusted by the Greeks. Then I sympathize with you.
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answered 12 years ago
We noticed that the Greeks, like ours, honor cash in any quantity. They can be embarrassed only by 500 euros in one bill, simply because it is rare and somehow dumb ;-) Weaves are taken, and in other countries, change from a hundred is often a collection of the entire store)))
But personally, I don’t doubt for a second that there is no point in having cash in Greece, especially being responsible for the money of everyone in your pocket. The card is almost everywhere without problems, but it was rightly said here that the cards are all different and many factors can confuse the terminal or the cashier. We did not have a single place where our card would not be accepted, but there were gas stations, small shops, souvenir shops, etc., which only work with cash, but this is not critical. The main expenses - hotels, rent, supermarkets, restaurants - there is no problem with the card.
The limit on the card can usually be increased at your request, of course, it all depends on the type of card. bank, conditions, so it is necessary with questions to the bank.
And with a group, it’s better to do this: collect in cash from everyone, say 50-100 euros in a common fund and someone is responsible for it, the cashier keeps a common one. Ended obshchak-again 50 and so on.
But personally, I don’t doubt for a second that there is no point in having cash in Greece, especially being responsible for the money of everyone in your pocket. The card is almost everywhere without problems, but it was rightly said here that the cards are all different and many factors can confuse the terminal or the cashier. We did not have a single place where our card would not be accepted, but there were gas stations, small shops, souvenir shops, etc., which only work with cash, but this is not critical. The main expenses - hotels, rent, supermarkets, restaurants - there is no problem with the card.
The limit on the card can usually be increased at your request, of course, it all depends on the type of card. bank, conditions, so it is necessary with questions to the bank.
And with a group, it’s better to do this: collect in cash from everyone, say 50-100 euros in a common fund and someone is responsible for it, the cashier keeps a common one. Ended obshchak-again 50 and so on.
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answered 12 years ago
And why the obshchak, I did not understand, maybe he became old and stupid?
It seems not in a cell in the zone, can’t everyone have money themselves, or is it some kind of special team that is going, such as so inadequate that they can’t be trusted with money?
It seems not in a cell in the zone, can’t everyone have money themselves, or is it some kind of special team that is going, such as so inadequate that they can’t be trusted with money?
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answered 12 years ago
There are different tourists and situations :)
For example, once in Bangkok, before going to the airport, for some reason, my relatives "surrendered" their passports and tickets to me. And then we got into another taxi ... Of course, we got lost :(, the taxi driver took the left road and got stuck in a traffic jam. they also ended, i.e. there was no connection.So I am categorically against any common fund! Everyone will be healthier.
For example, once in Bangkok, before going to the airport, for some reason, my relatives "surrendered" their passports and tickets to me. And then we got into another taxi ... Of course, we got lost :(, the taxi driver took the left road and got stuck in a traffic jam. they also ended, i.e. there was no connection.So I am categorically against any common fund! Everyone will be healthier.
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answered 12 years ago
Guys! What common fund? Rides a company of friends and girlfriends. One of them asked me a question to which I do not know the answer. That's why I asked it to you. Thank you in any case for your participation.
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answered 12 years ago
The answer is simple.
The main means of payment is a card (no cash withdrawal), so the most profitable, and no commission is charged, not a cent.
Take cash from home at a minimum, a couple of hundred per person.
Have a nice rest!
The main means of payment is a card (no cash withdrawal), so the most profitable, and no commission is charged, not a cent.
Take cash from home at a minimum, a couple of hundred per person.
Have a nice rest!
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answered 12 years ago
oro.egor, come here, then tell me)))
We also went to 10 people. Either one paid, then another, then one 20, the third 30, and then the fourth reported, etc. A week later, it is impossible to remember where they were at all, let alone about that. who for what-no one remembers. This is an absolutely normal practice of separating roles - on a hike, trip, etc., where there is a group of people who do something together ;-)
At the beginning, everyone also says, like what kind of common fund, we are friends, as a rule, they are the first to start a showdown. On our last trip, godfathers quarreled among themselves, for example. At first it was too lazy to reckon, and then resentment)))
I have a habit from hiking.
We also went to 10 people. Either one paid, then another, then one 20, the third 30, and then the fourth reported, etc. A week later, it is impossible to remember where they were at all, let alone about that. who for what-no one remembers. This is an absolutely normal practice of separating roles - on a hike, trip, etc., where there is a group of people who do something together ;-)
At the beginning, everyone also says, like what kind of common fund, we are friends, as a rule, they are the first to start a showdown. On our last trip, godfathers quarreled among themselves, for example. At first it was too lazy to reckon, and then resentment)))
I have a habit from hiking.
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answered 12 years ago
This refers to the payment of general expenses, such as skimping in a store, paying for gasoline, paying a fine, renting a car, etc. Personal purchases are for everyone.
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answered 12 years ago
We once went in a crowd of eight people, dismantling "who how much and for what" discussed in the evening over a glass of tea - "no one left offended"!
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answered 12 years ago
Hatinka, I understand what you are talking about. Everything is forgotten all at once. And, as always, you think that the rest of the bastards unanimously chose you as a sponsor. And so everyone thinks. By the way, we have another problem related to finances. Some friends can't afford to travel at all. But we love them and do our best to make them go too. Moreover, it is impossible to do this openly - they will be offended. As a result, they think that we managed to buy tours through an acquaintance for 350 e. In restaurants, we have to poke bills. And if the deception is revealed, then the brawler - put out the light. Especially after the evening bar, when you relaxed a little and messed up with retribution, you can get hit in the head from a drunken colonel.
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answered 12 years ago
Here it is, the truth of life.
Pay for a trip to a friend and get a tambourine from him for it ...
Pay for a trip to a friend and get a tambourine from him for it ...
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answered 12 years ago
cash in small coins and banknotes is always desirable to have with you - for tips, for a snack in a roadside or beach cafe, and at night in a club for cocktails you are unlikely to want to pay with a card ;))) when traveling around the island, it is also hardly worth counting on the presence of ATMs in the villages along the road ... in more or less large settlements there are a lot of ATMs and shops that accept cards. For withdrawal at an ATM, respectively, a commission (therefore, if you don’t feel sorry for the money on the commission, you can withdraw it on the spot). We also travel with a small cache and use cards - for me it’s more convenient)))
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answered 12 years ago
sigur62, it seems, not to a friend, but to a girlfriend)))))
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answered 12 years ago
In many minimarkets, they don’t accept cards, and their prices are “tastier” than in super, in some hotels they don’t take them either. in taverns, even in inexpensive ones. Therefore, it is also cash in Greece.
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answered 12 years ago
I must have been in some other Greece.
Probably only half a euro was spent in cash, on magnets on street stalls, and on tips for servants.
Probably only half a euro was spent in cash, on magnets on street stalls, and on tips for servants.
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answered 12 years ago
Hatinka, why a friend?)))
After all, Yegor was afraid to grab it from some colonel ...
After all, Yegor was afraid to grab it from some colonel ...
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answered 12 years ago
Colonel is bald, bearded and stern. Even if I was gay, I don't think I could take him as a friend. But he has a lot of virtues as a friend and drinking buddy.
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answered 12 years ago
what a lie about the cards — of all the places I tried to pay at only one — in the souvenir shop opposite the Sirens Beach Hotel in Malia — there was a terminal. In other shops (where I tried to pay), in the KNOS museum !!, in the CAVE OF ZEUS, and of course in the monastery of Kera Cardiotis-cards were not accepted and as a fat point in the tavern where excursions are carried (in Lassita) only cash was accepted.
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answered 11 years ago