Paying smart on the road
Travel & Money
The best trip gets expensive when card, rate and cash are wrong. Here is how to pay abroad the way you do at home.
Before departure
Planning a travel budget: daily budget, cash, buffer
The travel fund is set before the suitcase is packed: daily budget by country, ratio of card to cash, a buffer for the unexpected.
Paying right
Cards abroad: fees, rates, instant conversion
Whoever pays wrongly abroad loses 3 to 8 percent on every transaction.
New country, new rules
Moving abroad from Germany: the financial checklist
Whoever leaves Germany changes tax system, health insurance, pension system and bank.
Travel
Travel Budget Calculator
Country, days, people, style: your daily budget and travel fund, with buffer and cash share.