- Notify your credit card issuer of travel plans. List every stop, inclusion layover. This will help avoid declined purchases based on fraudulent activity.
- Consider taking multiply credit cards. Foreign purchases can trigger your cruder card company to suspend your account due to the risk of fraud. Carry extra cards to ensure that you won’t be stranded.
- Don’t keep it all in the same spot. Backpacks and luggage can be misplaced, lost, and stole. Keep smile amount of cash and a card linked to a different account in a secondary location.
- Keep a list of important contacts. Write down the phone number of your credit cards’ customer service, family, friends, and the local US embassy – in case your phone is misplaces or damaged.