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  • Money_and_Travel
    Money_and_Travel Posts: 127 Forumite
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    edited 11 February 2024 at 11:02AM
    400ixl said:
    What happens if you lose or have you cash stolen on the first day of the holiday?
    If I lose the cash, or have it stolen, it's almost certainly because I've lost my wallet, which would mean losing the cards as well.
  • 400ixl said:
    Do you pay for everything in cash when in the UK?
    Pretty much.

    The only time I use cards, is when buying online.
  • Nasqueron
    Nasqueron Posts: 10,688 Forumite
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    edited 12 February 2024 at 1:11PM
    400ixl said:
    What happens if you lose or have you cash stolen on the first day of the holiday?
    If I lose the cash, or have it stolen, it's almost certainly because I've lost my wallet, which would mean losing the cards as well.
    Or you have them saved on a phone / watch pay etc etc - or some cards left in the hotel etc

    The couple you mentioned almost certainly had 1 card from 1 provider, the advice is always have multiple cards (Visa, Mastercard, AmEx) from multiple providers in different groups e.g. NatWest and Lloyds not Lloyds and Halifax

    That said, payment for 1 provider down for several days? Not that I have heard of - a day maybe, or several hours at most

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    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

  • WillPS
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    Nasqueron said:
    400ixl said:
    What happens if you lose or have you cash stolen on the first day of the holiday?
    If I lose the cash, or have it stolen, it's almost certainly because I've lost my wallet, which would mean losing the cards as well.
    Or you have them saved on a phone / watch pay etc etc - or some cards left in the hotel etc

    The couple you mentioned almost certainly had 1 card from 1 provider, the advice is always have multiple cards (Visa, Mastercard, AmEx) from multiple providers in different groups e.g. NatWest and Lloyds not Lloyds and Halifax

    That said, payment for 1 provider down for several days? Not that I have heard of - a day maybe, or several hours at most
    It does happen. When Wirecard went pop in 2020 there were some providers who took weeks to restore usable service. Curve was down for a few days.

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