Travel money guides

Short, sourced answers to the questions that come up when you pay in a foreign currency.

ATM or exchange booth: where to get cash abroad

What an ATM withdrawal abroad really costs, how exchange booths make their money and why the airport is the expensive place for both.

Pay in local currency or your own? Dynamic currency conversion explained

Why the card terminal abroad offers to charge you in your home currency, what that costs and why the local currency is usually the cheaper choice.

Tipping by country: 64 countries in one table

How much to tip depends on the country. This table shows the usual tip range, as a percentage of the bill, at restaurants, in taxis and at bars in 64 countries, and whether restaurants usually put a service charge on the bill.