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Will Visa Debit cards work in Thailand and other parts of South East Asia?

  • 04-01-2015 4:37pm
    #1
    PaurGasm
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    If not, apart from cash, what alternatives do I have?


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  • #2
    TheDoctor
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    Been to Vietnam and Thailand and was able to use my Visa Debit at ATMs for a small fee


  • #3
    PaurGasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭PaurGasm


    Cheers!


  • #4
    PaurGasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭PaurGasm


    TheDoctor wrote: »
    Been to Vietnam and Thailand and was able to use my Visa Debit at ATMs for a small fee

    Cheers!


  • #5
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    TheDoctor wrote: »
    Been to Vietnam and Thailand and was able to use my Visa Debit at ATMs for a small fee

    It's hardly a small fee. Your Irish bank will charge huge fees (up to more than €11 with ptsb) for using it outside the euro zone. On top of that Thai ATMs charge about €4 per withdrawal.


  • #6
    hfallada
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    http://www.moneyguideireland.com/atm-charges-for-non-euro-cash-withdrawals.html

    Here is the proper list of ATM fees. Have you tried buying FX before you go over? BOI college green often have usual FX in their safe in College Green. I was able to buy Chinese RMB on the spot. Also if you are flying through Dubai you can buy unusual FX theire


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  • #7
    killbillvol2
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    hfallada wrote: »
    http://www.moneyguideireland.com/atm-charges-for-non-euro-cash-withdrawals.html

    Here is the proper list of ATM fees. Have you tried buying FX before you go over? BOI college green often have usual FX in their safe in College Green. I was able to buy Chinese RMB on the spot. Also if you are flying through Dubai you can buy unusual FX theire

    If you're going to carry cash you might as well carry euros. You'll get a much better exchange rate over there than you will here.


  • #8
    rigamincedeal
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    Bear in mind that in Vietnam there's a withdrawal limit on ATMs, I think it's €100 limit or could be less, but bear that in mind as you'll charged each time you've to make a transaction, if I were you I'd bring US dollars to Vietnam and exchange them over there. Check out this link:

    I recall a tread asking for this info so thought I would post on our current experience.

    At time of posting, 20,000 dong = $1.00 usd/aud ( close enough) so 1 million dong = $50 bucks.

    In HCMC at the International Airport, we withdrew 3million dong each, but from memory, you could take out more. (Citibank and ANZ atm's available.

    Around HCMC, we were able to withdraw 8 million dong at a time.

    In Hoi An, the limit per withdrawal was 2 million dong.

    In Hanoi, some atm's limit you to 2 million.

    We have found several ANZ ATMs and their limit is 5 million.

    I will report on Halong Bay and Nimh Binh in a few days.


    Cant post link but Google trip advisor withdrawal limits ATMs Vietnam for more Info.


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