RE: Advance travel info for IETF-78 Maastricht

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> Hi, Jari,
> 
> Individual shop owners (and cab drivers) can always do what they want
> (anywhere), even when the company they work for accepts cards.
> 
> As I noted, you can ask before you get into the cab.

More than once, I _have_ asked the driver specifically if he accepts credit
cards (the advertised policy notwithstanding) only to have him refuse it
upon arrival...

> 
> Though I agree with your recommendation that backup cash is always
> useful -- in any city.

Indeed.  
> 
> Joe
> 
> Jari Arkko wrote:
> > Joe,
> >
> >> You should have asked when you got in; many cabs in the US (in most
> >> cities I've traveled to, and all the ones I've used at LAX where I
> >> reside) do take credit cards.
> >>
> >
> > The cab had a sign that said they take credit cards. Just that in the
> > end, that didn't turn out to be a true advertisement. In any case, my
> > point was not my specific travel problems. The point was that no
> > matter where you are going some cash is probably recommended. I
> > certainly recommend that for EU and Maastricht as well. You may
> > survive without, but you are definitely taking a risk with bad cabs,
> > foreign-credit-cards-not-accepted-ticket-machines, and the like.
> >
> > Jari


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