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Prepaid travel cards
I am going to Italy and Greece in about 2 weeks. I really do not want to bring my actual debit card along with me. Does anyone know of a good prepaid card that I could load up with my spending money, then use it to withdraw money at ATMs in these countries, and still use it as a debit if I wanted too? Has anyone used any of these internationally? Is it actually worth it or should I just bring my debit and spend my time worrying about loosing it? Thanks!
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american express traveller's checks. safest way to go. if you use a debit card in an ATM here, you're going to get charged out the ass with fees. and don't try to use plastic in any store or resturaunt, unless its a purchase over 1000 euros. the europeans aren't as card friendly as the states are. but if you have to go plastic, use your regular debit card, keep it in the gold pocket of your jeans (that little tiny pocket inside the big pocket on levi's) and tell your bank you're going overseas. because they will shut your card down the first time you try to use it outside the united states if you don't. watch your ass in europe, there's pickpockets everywhere in italy, probably in greece too. and shit like in the movie "taken" does happen. read the state department brief on each country at www.state.gov
and if you see demonstartions in greece, get the fuck out of there, they turn violent easily. americans are targets overseas, to them, you're either a big wad of cash with legs, or a means for a political gain. I've been living here for four years, and I still move in large groups, no matter how safe you think europe is, its not the states, its the real world, and stay away from the gypsies and turks. they're everywhere, and trouble with a capital T if you're on their turf and not related to them.
grab a doner(turkish gyro) when you get over here and have fun!
-gunner
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