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    Quote Originally Posted by Sklymo View Post
    Good to know, and since we'll be staying there next March this wont be problem for us. I assume they'll do like Coco does and run your card with a certain charge limit for charging everything onsite to your room. Wonder if they'll allow cash tips?
    Treehouse will let you run a tab to your room and settle up at the end of the day or at checkout. This will more impact their walk up business from the beach of non staying visitors. During peak season I'm not so sure they even want that business as they're generally fully occupied and charge non staying guests to come on premise. The move will drive ex-pats and seasoned vets to other spots but like I mentioned I don't think they care all that much as their focus is really on guests staying there which should work out well for you.

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    I bought this EMSEEK Waterproof Wallet a few years ago from amazon ($12) that I carry in my cargo trunks all day where I keep my room key, cash and credit card nice and dry! I'd recommend getting one!
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    Was lucky to be in London last week in September, was shocked to see how many cashless businesses there were. Counterfeiting, fingers in the till and simpler bookkeeping , making change, especially coins ,transferring large amounts of cash to the bank were some of the many reasons . See what the future holds ? One global currency?

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    Increased credit card usage in one of the scammer capitals of the world - what could go wrong? I'm leaning towards not using my CC in future trips after having to waste time correcting fraudulent charges last couple of trips.

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    With all electronic currency, it is also easier to cut off your access to goods and services if your social credit score drops below acceptable levels.

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    We stopped there one day last week to get a drink and noticed the card only sign. We were about to leave when the bartender told us we could pay in cash.

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    oddly enough, a lot of non-chain bars and restaurants up here where it is too kold are pushing people to use cash over a credit card because of the fees involved. you can still use a credit card but they are passing along the charges they incur onto the customer's bill. two of my favorite restaurants are handing out tabs with the cash price, the credit card price is to be determined after they ring it up. can't blame a restaurant for not wanting to pay out 3% or so plus whatever the card rewards cost. they are lucky if they make 5% profit to begin with. a lot of cc usage can hit their bottom line hard.

    refusing cash seems like a bad idea for a tourist beach location. and it will increase their cost to do business unless they pass along the cost of using a card. a lot of folks are unpleasantly surprised when their card is shut off after one transaction because they failed to notify the cc company that they will be using it out of the country.

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    Amex was not accepted at a lot of places until they lowered their fee.

    Apparently Amex is back and Master Card is adding offers from some local businesses when using their card.
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