Foreign transaction fees, that annoying 3% (usual rate) that your card issuer charges to translate your 100€ hotel room into dollars, seem to be fading…but slowly, according to a survey by creditcards.com. The fees, which can add up to a…
Going abroad no longer means planning to carry wads of cash, or trekking off to American Express to buy travelers’ checks and worrying what to do if you didn’t take enough. But there are enough new wrinkles that it pays to pay attention to what’s up.
Foreign transaction fees, that annoying 3% (usual rate) that your card issuer charges to translate your 100€ hotel room into dollars, seem to be fading…but slowly, according to a survey by creditcards.com. The fees, which can add up to a…
Going abroad no longer means planning to carry wads of cash, or trekking off to American Express to buy travelers’ checks and worrying what to do if you didn’t take enough. But there are enough new wrinkles that it pays to pay attention to what’s up.
