Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Daniel, that is not my experience. I have had no problems with my Dutch or Spanish credit cards there. I do have a Dankort, actually, but only because a couple of the cheap gas station chains (OK, Jet) only take those. For everything else I use my normal foreign cards. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Jul 23, 2009, at 9:32 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > Visa and Mastercard don't work well in Denmark. It's rather > provincial. You have to have "Dankort" (cards issued in Denmark) and > they charge 5% on every purchase if you use Visa or Mastercard that > isn't issued in Denmark. It's a farmer community with all that > entails. > > Just take a few crowns and skip that country as soon as you can. It'll > be just fine. > > Plastic money is best everywhere else. Denmark is an exception. > They're way behind. They like it like that. > > Daniel > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Greg Lorenzo<gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com > > wrote: >> >> My number two daughter Victoria is off to Europe for two weeks in >> early August. This will be her first trip outside of North America >> and she will be visiting all the Baltic countires from Denmark to >> Finland. Most of these countries don't use the Euro, with Russia >> using rubles, and other various kroner's in use elsewhere, etc. >> >> >> >> I'm buying her Euros and some of Denmark's Kroner (she deploys from >> Denmark). Can she get by with just these two currencies in all the >> non-Euro countries? >> >> >> >> She has a Visa charge card and I'm also thinking of sending her >> with US dollars as a fall back if necessary. >> >> >> >> To be slightly on topic: she is planning on taking my R7 and one >> lens. >> >> >> >> TIA for any suggestions. >> >> >> >> Greg Lorenzo >> >> Calgary, Canada >> >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Windows Live? Hotmail?: Celebrate the moment with your favorite >> sports pics. Check it out. >> http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_photos_072009&cat=sports >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information