Travelling to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam

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Quick search and there are threads for all three:

Monzo in Vietnam [Discussion]

Some tips for travelling in Vietnam: Only ever get into a Vinasun (white with green and red stripe) or Mai Linh (green and white) taxi. Do not get into any other taxi, metered or not or you are likely to be ripped off. 90% of places won’t take card. Cash is king here so withdraw at any of the many ATMs. Always check the ATM to make sure it hasn’t been tampered with and check around yourself before taking out cash to make sure there isn’t anyone dodgy around. Expect a fee of between 20k to …

Monzo in Laos

Testing so far… Laos is of course a cash economy, cards are barely useable as day to day spending… Thats any cards not only Monzo. ATMs also seem temperamental and ‘iffy’ eg one machine asked for how much I wanted, said OK, spat the card back and sat there with no indication if money was coming or not !! Again this isnt a Monzo thing. Each ATM I have used successfully has charged 20,000 kip. My Hotel which is card enabled and bills in USD is adding 2.5% ‘credit card fee’ to the bill. I am goin…

Monzo in Thailand [Discussion]

Used Mondo in Bangkok at a Citibank ATM to avoid charges as spotted by other Mondonauts. I can confirm this was seamless but select the credit option when withdrawing cash and you’ll be fine. To get a near perfect rate is great! Only problem is that there aren’t many Citibanks in Bangkok therefore try and take as much as you can. Uber is also a great save to get you places!

Have a great trip!!