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We're off to Southern Africa in three weeks and have just received our pre-tour info.
In amongst it is a statement that says you can't use an international debit card to withdraw cash, anywhere. It mentions you can withdraw from Visa and Mastercard credit cards. Maybe it's just poorly worded? We intended to withdraw ZAR when we get to Johannesburg, hopefully at a bank ATM the airport, using our Visa debit card linked to our savings account.
Do we need to replan? Do we need to get all of our cash before we leave?
We start in our holiday in Livingstone where we've been asked to pay for our tours in USD, then across to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
I'm about to go in search of USD as the info says USD, undamaged, post 2009, nothing bigger than $20s. Now I'm thinking I need to get the ZAR?
In amongst it is a statement that says you can't use an international debit card to withdraw cash, anywhere. It mentions you can withdraw from Visa and Mastercard credit cards. Maybe it's just poorly worded? We intended to withdraw ZAR when we get to Johannesburg, hopefully at a bank ATM the airport, using our Visa debit card linked to our savings account.
Do we need to replan? Do we need to get all of our cash before we leave?
We start in our holiday in Livingstone where we've been asked to pay for our tours in USD, then across to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
I'm about to go in search of USD as the info says USD, undamaged, post 2009, nothing bigger than $20s. Now I'm thinking I need to get the ZAR?