Sup /trv/,So basically on a 3 month tour around asia and the first week my wallet is gone. Not exactly sure how it happened but it did. What are my options in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea? Currently only one of my 4 cards I had will allow me to add it to my iphone wallet and process payments (thank fuck because money services here requires a Korean based bank account??). Some things are cash only causing me pain and trying to work around it. How fucked am I for Japan and the rest of my time in Korea(leaving around xmas). My bank WF, decided when I wanted them to pause my cards to also cancel them and I can't add my CC or main debit card to my wallet for use. I can only wire money to my other card.Should I just pack it up and go home? They said they won't ship me a card internationally.
Western Union to yourself, and do thousands, dont expect being able to get cash at airports or in a new country, sometimes they wont let you (Malaysia needed a visa stamp...but I took the express lane at immigration....I had to go to Singapore to get cash.)
>>2849061You had four cards, but didn't leave any of them in your backpack? My backup card and emergency cash is carried in a different pocket from my wallet (because I don't trust Indian hotel staff not to go through my luggage). Also, Schwab will send me a new card if the one I have gets lost. Get a better bank, and stop wearing such baggy fucking pants that your wallet slips out of your pocket when you put up your feet...or so loose that someone can slip it out of your pocket without you noticing. Tight jeans may seem gay, but their pockets feel so much more secure.
>>2849061I survived without a single card in Asia, mostly transferred cash to girls via wise at building management who then went got it out for meOtherwise get someone else to mail the new card to you
>>2849061This is why I dont travelits just not worth the headache
>>2849200India lesson one: The challenges we overcome are what make life worthwhile.
