Travel & payment tips — page 8
Page 8 of Moreta Pay's travel and payment guides. Explore more stories on QR payments, local payment networks and managing money abroad.
Street food & markets5 min read
Dollars, Riel, or a Scan: What Actually Works at Cambodia's Street Food Stalls
You're standing at a num banh chok stall near Phnom Penh's Russian Market. The vendor tells you the price, you hand over a US five dollar bill, and you get back a small stack of riel notes in denominations you've never…
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Street food & markets5 min read
The Fishball Cart Takes GCash. Here's How a Foreigner Actually Pays It.
Stand at a night market in Cebu or a palengke in Quezon City and watch what locals do. Half of them hand over crumpled twenty peso bills. The other half point their phone at a small laminated sticker taped to the cart…
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Street food & markets5 min read
The Laminated Card Taped to the Bánh Mì Cart Is How Vietnam Wants You to Pay
It's just past seven in the morning on a side street in Hanoi's Old Quarter. The bánh mì cart has a line of motorbike commuters, a stack of baguettes still warm from the bakery down the block, and, zip-tied to the front…
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Money myths5 min read
Six Things Travelers Get Wrong About Paying at Thai Street Food Stalls and Markets
There is a whole genre of travel advice about money in Thailand, and most of it was written for a country that no longer exists. The advice usually goes: carry small bills, guard your coins, and never expect a khao man…
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Digital nomads5 min read
The Purple Sticker Economy: What a Month in Peru Teaches You About Paying for Things
Saturday morning at Mercado de Surquillo in Lima. You point at a bag of lucuma and a fresh juice, the vendor rattles off a price, and you reach for your wallet. She's already tapping a laminated purple square hanging…
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Travel tips5 min read
An Honest Audit of Every Way to Pay in Colombia (I Tried Them All So You Don't Have To)
Ask ten nomads in Medellín how to pay in Colombia and you will get ten confident, contradictory answers. "Cash is king, always carry pesos." "Never carry pesos, that's how you get targeted." "Just use your card…
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Digital nomads5 min read
Do I Still Need a Backpack Full of Pesos? An Argentina Spending FAQ for 2026
Argentina generates more money questions per nomad than almost any country. Inflation, multiple exchange rates, a QR ecosystem that locals love but visitors can't easily join. Below are the questions people actually…
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Money myths5 min read
"Bring All Your Cash to Bolivia," They Said. La Paz Would Like a Word.
Bolivia attracts a certain kind of nomad: the one who has already done Medellin and Mexico City and wants somewhere with real edges. And with that crowd comes a thick layer of received wisdom about money. Some of it is…
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Digital nomads5 min read
How to Live a Month in Brazil Without a Brazilian Bank Account (or an ATM Card That Hates You)
Spend three days anywhere in Brazil and you'll notice the same word at every counter, taped to every juice cart, and printed on every laminated sign at the feira: Pix.
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