Travel & payment tips — page 13
Page 13 of Moreta Pay's travel and payment guides. Explore more stories on QR payments, local payment networks and managing money abroad.
Money mistakes5 min read
Landing in China Tomorrow and Your Wallet Is Full of Cash? Read This Tonight
Nobody warns you properly about paying in China. Guidebooks still talk about crisp yuan notes and hotel currency desks, then you land in Shanghai and watch a grandmother buy vegetables by scanning a laminated square of…
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Money mistakes5 min read
How to Pay in South Korea When KakaoPay Won't Let You In
Here is the strange thing about money in South Korea: it is one of the most cashless countries on earth, and yet tourists still manage to get stuck at the register. Not because payment is hard for Koreans. It is…
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Money mistakes5 min read
Why Does Everyone in Kuala Lumpur Pay by Phone Except You?
It is 1pm at a mamak in Bangsar. The line moves fast. Roti canai, teh tarik, nasi lemak wrapped in banana leaf, and at the register, a laminated QR standee that every single person ahead of you scans without breaking…
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Money myths5 min read
Six Money Myths That Follow Tourists Around Laos (and What Actually Works in 2026)
Ask a traveler who visited Laos years ago how to handle money there and you will get confident, outdated advice. Ask a forum and you will get the same advice, repeated louder. The trouble is that money in Laos has…
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Money mistakes5 min read
GCash, Maya, or a Wad of Pesos? Philippines Travel Money Questions, Answered Straight
Ask ten travelers how to pay in the Philippines and you will get ten confident, contradictory answers. Bring only cash. Cards work everywhere now. Just get GCash. You cannot get GCash. Somewhere between all of that is…
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Money mistakes5 min read
The Dong Has Too Many Zeros, and Other Money Mistakes Tourists Make in Vietnam
Watch the counter of any Hanoi cafe for ten minutes and you will see the same motion over and over: a customer lifts a phone, points it at a laminated card taped next to the register, taps twice, shows the screen, and…
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Money mistakes5 min read
Torn Dollars, Missing Riel, and Other Ways Tourists Quietly Lose Money in Cambodia
Cambodia is one of the easiest countries in Asia to overpay in without noticing. Not because anyone is scamming you. Because the money system itself, two currencies running side by side, quietly rounds against people…
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How to pay5 min read
Purple Sticker, Red Sticker: A Field Guide to Paying at Colombian Street Stalls by QR
Walk up to almost any arepa cart in Medellín, any fruit stand in Bogotá's Paloquemao market, any juice vendor in Cartagena's Getsemaní, and you'll see the same thing: a small laminated card taped to the cart with a QR…
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Money mistakes5 min read
Thailand Runs on PromptPay. Tourists Keep Paying Like It's 2015.
It's 9pm at a night market off Sukhumvit. The woman at the boat noodle stall ladles broth into a bowl, nods at the laminated blue square taped to her cart, and goes back to her pot. The Thai couple ahead of you scans…
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