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puzmi
snt:snt2018 [2018/08/09 13:47]
puzmi [Do you need any cash?]
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 Buy a 90-minute public transport ticket (CZK 32, cca. €1.30). You can get one in a vending machine (almost all of them accept payment by card). Buy a 90-minute public transport ticket (CZK 32, cca. €1.30). You can get one in a vending machine (almost all of them accept payment by card).
  
-Please do not forget to mark your ticket upon entering the bus/tram the first time. To do so, find a yellow ticket validating machine. If you would like to use the Prague Metro [2], please find the ticket ​marking ​machines at the entrance to the platforms.+Please do not forget to validate ​your ticket upon entering the bus/tram the first time. To do so, find a yellow ticket validating machine. If you would like to use the Prague Metro, please find the ticket ​validating ​machines at the entrance to the platforms.
  
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 The accommodation and food will be provided by us, so you do not have to care about it. Also, you will get public transport tickets valid from 24th to 26th from us. Apart from your own expenditures you should not need any cash. Most of the shops and restaurants accept payment cards. Notable exceptions are some public transport ticket machines (see above) and the [[http://​restaurant-petrin.cz/​|Restaurant Petrin (CZ)]] located in the Strahov dormitory. To check the currency exchange rate, you can use this [[https://​play.google.com/​store/​apps/​details?​id=uk.co.currencyconverter|Fast Currency Converter (EN)]] app for Android. The accommodation and food will be provided by us, so you do not have to care about it. Also, you will get public transport tickets valid from 24th to 26th from us. Apart from your own expenditures you should not need any cash. Most of the shops and restaurants accept payment cards. Notable exceptions are some public transport ticket machines (see above) and the [[http://​restaurant-petrin.cz/​|Restaurant Petrin (CZ)]] located in the Strahov dormitory. To check the currency exchange rate, you can use this [[https://​play.google.com/​store/​apps/​details?​id=uk.co.currencyconverter|Fast Currency Converter (EN)]] app for Android.
  
-If, for any reason, you need the cash, avoid exchanging your money at the airport/​train station and always ask how much money you are going to get (nominal rate 1 EUR ~ 26 CZK). If you withdraw from the ATM, always prefer those which are indoors, and decline the integrated currency conversion (DCC) and accept the value in CZK. You will then get the exchange rate of your bank, which is always much better.+If, for any reason, you need the cash, avoid exchanging your money at the airport/​train station and always ask how much money you are going to get (nominal rate 1 EUR ~ 25 CZK). If you withdraw from the ATM, always prefer those which are indoors, and decline the integrated currency conversion (DCC) and accept the value in CZK. You will then get the exchange rate of your bank, which is always much better.