I always knew something was sketchy about being prompted to choose USD or Euros/pounds when doing a transaction using my credit card in Europe in recent years (I usually chose Euros/pounds but sometimes forgot). Then I opened up the NY Times today and they had an entire article on the subject.
Merchants are artificially marking up the conversion by 8-10% to “process” your transaction – if you’re not paying attention, and choose dollars, you elect to pay more for no reason. It’s just money down the drain for no reason.
I didn’t like the city of Cancun too much (dirty & touristy) although the beaches/water were amazing – incredible, actually. Swimming in that beautiful blue Caribbean water, is like swimming in your bathtub water. Perfect.
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