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Title: Credit cards
Post by: Lut Azijn on June 18, 2007, 01:14:23 PM

12 days to go before we visit Plakias for the first time. We can't wait. In the meantime, I have a very practical question for those of you who have been to Plakias recently. Can you pay with credit cards in bars, restaurants and shops in Plakias ? Thanks in advance for any advice given.

Title: Credit cards
Post by: George on June 18, 2007, 01:29:16 PM

I saw numerous people using cards last year so I shouldn't think anything has changed any.

george g...

Title: Credit cards
Post by: Kerstin on June 18, 2007, 01:49:03 PM

Quote from: Lut Azijn

12 days to go before we visit Plakias for the first time. We can't wait. In the meantime, I have a very practical question for those of you who have been to Plakias recently. Can you pay with credit cards in bars, restaurants and shops in Plakias ? Thanks in advance for any advice given.

We had no problems to use our credit cards.
Sometimes we could only use the VISA-Card and not the MASTERCARD. Not all restaurants accept the MASTERCARD.

Kerstin

Title: Credit cards
Post by: dirk on June 18, 2007, 02:19:34 PM

Quote from: Lut Azijn

12 days to go before we visit Plakias for the first time. We can't wait. In the meantime, I have a very practical question for those of you who have been to Plakias recently. Can you pay with credit cards in bars, restaurants and shops in Plakias ? Thanks in advance for any advice given.

I used credit cards in some shops last year. They still had the old slide system, but the cards were accepted.

Title: Credit cards
Post by: Mike G on June 18, 2007, 02:29:08 PM

Quote from: Lut Azijn

12 days to go before we visit Plakias for the first time. We can't wait. In the meantime, I have a very practical question for those of you who have been to Plakias recently. Can you pay with credit cards in bars, restaurants and shops in Plakias ? Thanks in advance for any advice given.

A couple of comments.

Firstly, on recent foriegn trips I have used a Nationwide CC. Nationwide doesn't make additional charges on foreign transactions as many do and I received an exchange rate of about €1.47 to the £ when the best cash would buy in the UK was €1.40.

Secondly, make sure the transaction goes through in Euros. Some establishments will convert to pounds (at a very disadvantageous rate for you) and bill you thus.

Mike

Title: Credit cards
Post by: Lut Azijn on June 18, 2007, 06:54:47 PM

Thanks to everyone for the advice. Conversion to Euros is not an issue for us, as we come from Belgium. We mostly use VISA, so good news that this seems to be widely accepted.

Title: Credit cards
Post by: harribobs on June 18, 2007, 07:02:45 PM

acording to Yanni in the jewelry shop in selia, they have updated to chip and pin (courtesy of the olympic games) but are still having problems with the central computer

Title: Credit cards
Post by: Stuart & Hilary on September 13, 2007, 01:19:00 PM

Quote from: Mike G

Quote from: Lut Azijn

12 days to go before we visit Plakias for the first time. We can't wait. In the meantime, I have a very practical question for those of you who have been to Plakias recently. Can you pay with credit cards in bars, restaurants and shops in Plakias ? Thanks in advance for any advice given.

A couple of comments.

Firstly, on recent foriegn trips I have used a Nationwide CC. Nationwide doesn't make additional charges on foreign transactions as many do and I received an exchange rate of about €1.47 to the £ when the best cash would buy in the UK was €1.40.

Secondly, make sure the transaction goes through in Euros. Some establishments will convert to pounds (at a very disadvantageous rate for you) and bill you thus.

Mike

For anyone who may not have seen it

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cards/che...ending-overseas (http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cards/cheaper-spending-overseas)

Some interesting info on credit & debit cards.

Stuart