I`ve been watching the news channels regarding the situation with Spanish banks and locals not being able to access their money. I moved away from travelers checks some years ago and used a debit card until Nationwide put the squeeze on. I still have the debit card , always in credit , and have applied for a Clarity card, which I intend to use in the main.
If ATMs were to become unreliable what options would we have. I hate carrying large amounts of cash and don`t particularly trust hotel safes, although I always use them.
We continue to take the safe, insured and faithfull traveller's cheques and if they get stolen or lost, they are no good to anyone else without forging your signature and producing some form of ID.
If your safe gets broken into, as long as you keep the paper with the serial numbers seperate from the cheques and not in the safe, then you will be paid out.
Considered very old fashioned I know, but I'd rather be old fashioned because hotel safes are not insured for vast sums of money/items, and all the exchange places (official and unoffical ones) will have to run out of money before I'm up the creek without a paddle.
Sanji
If your safe gets broken into, as long as you keep the paper with the serial numbers seperate from the cheques and not in the safe, then you will be paid out.
Considered very old fashioned I know, but I'd rather be old fashioned because hotel safes are not insured for vast sums of money/items, and all the exchange places (official and unoffical ones) will have to run out of money before I'm up the creek without a paddle.
Sanji
Post a Reply
Please sign in or register an account to reply to this post.
Similar Topics
- banks
-
banks
Posted by trickydicky in Spain - Balearics - Ibiza Discussion Forum
-
Banks
Posted by funofthefair in Spain - Balearics - Ibiza Discussion Forum
-
Banks
Posted by bryn in EX-Pats and Owners Abroad
-
Banks in Colaki ?????????/
Posted by liana in Turkey Discussion Forum