{"id":42214,"date":"2024-05-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=42214"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T22:22:06","slug":"venice-entrance-fee-flying-with-weed-atm-fee-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/venice-entrance-fee-flying-with-weed-atm-fee-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice Entrance Fee\/Flying With Weed\/ATM Fee Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of\u00a0A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The World\u2019s Cheapest Destinations<\/em>. See\u00a0past editions here,<\/a>\u00a0where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 Euros for Venice Day-trippers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new Ripley<\/em> series on Netflix may have beautiful black-and-white shots of Venice with hardly any people in them, but you won\u2019t find that happening in 2024. If you\u2019re visiting the city on a day tour and not spending the night, you\u2019ll now pay a 5-euro entrance fee<\/a>. Only between mid-April and mid-July though, when Venice averages 40,000 visitors per day<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If You Want to Live in Turkey\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been avoiding Turkey for years since a free press, women\u2019s rights, gay rights, and much more went into the trash bin under its autocratic leader. Democracy showed some surprising strength in the last state and municipal elections though, as the opposition made huge gains<\/a>, so there\u2019s some hope for eventual relief for its beleaguered population. (Inflation is still 68.5%.) The country launched a digital nomad visa on April 15, though apparently I\u2019m too old for it and there are a lot of details that are still fuzzy. See what we know so far here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flying With Weed in the USA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s been some news this week that marijuana could be in for a classification change at the federal level. Until that happens, it\u2019s illegal to fly with it, no matter what its status is where you\u2019re departing or landing: airports are subject to federal laws. There\u2019s a big \u201cbut\u201d to that though, as this TravelPulse article<\/a> that quotes the TSA points out. If you read between the lines, it says you\u2019ll probably get away with something that looks like candy and not a clear baggie full of dried buds and leaves. They\u2019re looking for weapons and big bottles of liquid that are a threat to safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avoiding Hefty ATM Charges<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve previously talked about avoiding local ATM fees while traveling by using a debit card from the likes of Fidelity or Schwab that reimburses them. (My Novo<\/a> one reimburses up to $7 each month too). If you don\u2019t have one of those though, the local charges can make a big difference over time, so shop around as hard as you would for anything else. Last week in Los Cabos when I needed to use a different card, the Banco BBVA machine wanted 197 pesos to get to my money, almost US$12. The HSBC machine a few steps away was 89 pesos. I kept going and tried the Santander branch, which charged 39\u2014US$2.29 instead. Ka-ching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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