Salzburg - Post Report Question and Answers
Are credit cards widely accepted and safe to use locally? Are ATMs common and do you recommend using them? Are they safe to use?
ATMs are prevalent, unfortunately none of the Austrian banks have a deal with US banks to bypass fees (like Bank of America has with Barclays, Deutsche Bank, BNP, and Macquarie - just off the top of my head).The use of credit cards can be tricky. Any area that has a lot of foot traffic (i.e. tourists), it will be easy to use a credit card. A lot of places will only take cash though once you get out of those areas (unless things have changed).For example grocery stores and even the eletronics store (Media Markt) will only take debit cards. Once you are there for a couple weeks you will figure it out. - Mar 2011
