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Hoppy

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2. The biggest problem will be currency and bank cards.

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2015, 11:17 AM

Jul 2015

Money in ATMs comes from a printing press In Central Europe. From there, it gets delivered to banks for their ATMs. The printers damn sure ain't gonna send any more Euros to Greece until the problem is resolved.

Then there is the question of if the banks will even open tomorrow.

Your credit card will be useless at restaurants, hotels and stores. Merchants won't accept them because they can't redeem the receipt at the Greek banks.

Stay home or go somewhere else.

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Is it safe for American tourists [View all] gopiscrap Jul 2015 OP

I don't KNOW, but elleng Jul 2015 #1

The biggest problem will be currency and bank cards. Hoppy Jul 2015 #2

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I would go in a heartbeat and not give it a second thought... cbayer Jul 2015 #4

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