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Offline Lut Azijn

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« 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.
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Offline George

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« Reply #1 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.

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« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2007, 01:49:03 PM »
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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
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« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2007, 02:19:34 PM »
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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.
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Offline Mike G

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« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2007, 02:29:08 PM »
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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
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Offline Lut Azijn

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« Reply #5 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.
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« Reply #6 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
« Last Edit: June 18, 2007, 08:08:14 PM by harribobs »
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« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2007, 01:19:00 PM »
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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

Some interesting info on credit & debit cards.

Stuart
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