I did it! Traveling with Bitcoin and $100 only

[salmanahmedone]

My journey started on Sep 21, from Boston to NYC, flight to Egypt then Turkey, back to Boston! Carrying $100 just in case and 3 bitcoins in my wallet!

Fuck If I will ever carry credit card, or cash any more:

1- I used Localbitcoins for cash! Search for best local currency rate!
2- How much I save from credit card fees and Fiat exchanges: $305.
3- Is it save to deal with Localbitcoins in person overseas? Yes, so amazing nice guys, you are making friends


You should try it! & $100 stayed with me! and I spent less than 1.9 btc in both countries!!!

So, every single online buying of Bitcoin, at all these locations for you, has been at higher than the market price? Plus, you have traded at higher than the market price, plus another 4% because you said you have beaten the ATM fees, and plus 6% to cover the fees that you spent to move Bitcoin into the local exchange. So, localbitcoins has been able to, at all these locations, give you trades to FIAT at $4500 per coin, what it the method of payment that you have been using?

[Ehrhc]

My journey started on Sep 21, from Boston to NYC, flight to Egypt then Turkey, back to Boston! Carrying $100 just in case and 3 bitcoins in my wallet!

Fuck If I will ever carry credit card, or cash any more:

1- I used Localbitcoins for cash! Search for best local currency rate!
2- How much I save from credit card fees and Fiat exchanges: $305.
3- Is it save to deal with Localbitcoins in person overseas? Yes, so amazing nice guys, you are making friends


You should try it! & $100 stayed with me! and I spent less than 1.9 btc in both countries!!!

So, every single online buying of Bitcoin, at all these locations for you, has been at higher than the market price? Plus, you have traded at higher than the market price, plus another 4% because you said you have beaten the ATM fees, and plus 6% to cover the fees that you spent to move Bitcoin into the local exchange. So, localbitcoins has been able to, at all these locations, give you trades to FIAT at $4500 per coin, what it the method of payment that you have been using?

1- Face to Face means you are not even using Localbitcoins, most of these guys have their phone listed! So you call and meet! You send from your wallet to their (bypass Localbitcoins)

2- Face to Face means I am selling and you are buying on real time value.

[Ehrhc]

Those are definitely some nice savings, I wouldn't have thought that you would've saved that much on fees alone, but exchange rates can be expensive indeed.

You exchanged Bitcoin for cash in Turkey? Did you feel safe at all transactions, I think I would be pretty nervous tbh...
You probably picked sellers with a lot of good reviews, at least I hope so?

You also left when the price dropped significantly, did you panic when you saw the price dropping right before your vacation?

-I was a little bit freakin out while it was dropping, but i was not exchanging a lot ..Just enough for 2 days, then exchange again.

- Turkey is safer than Washington DC.

- Yes, good reviews, and have their phone number listed and shown.

[Ehrhc]

My journey started on Sep 21, from Boston to NYC, flight to Egypt then Turkey, back to Boston! Carrying $100 just in case and 3 bitcoins in my wallet!

Fuck If I will ever carry credit card, or cash any more:

1- I used Localbitcoins for cash! Search for best local currency rate!
2- How much I save from credit card fees and Fiat exchanges: $305.
3- Is it save to deal with Localbitcoins in person overseas? Yes, so amazing nice guys, you are making friends


You should try it! & $100 stayed with me! and I spent less than 1.9 btc in both countries!!!

This is some kind of a test as well if there are many people who are already using bitcoin and as a result, you were able to save some unnecessary fees because of bitcoin. This is an inspiration as well to the people who would like to travel in other country using only bitcoin since bitcoin is use worldwide so there would be possibility that in every place you go, you can spend bitcoin directly to pay or find someone who will buy your bitcoin in exchange of their fiat currency there. Maybe one day, I would try this but for now, I would just accumulate as much as I can.

If you dont count hotel and airline, my whole trip to EGYPT( Food, traveling between, gifts) costed me $275 ( which is almost the fees I would pay with card and currency exchanges)

It is dirt cheap now, but not an ideal holiday destination for Westerners. < Political instability and ISIS are still active in these regions > People I have spoken to, says unemployment & crime increased and the situation on the ground is still very volatile. How did you experience this during your trip?

Did you find any merchants that accepted Bitcoin as a payment option or did you have to convert to fiat, before you could buy or pay for anything?

Go ahead and tell me how safe is Las Vegas! This crap you hear on tv not is true! none.

- The guys I exchanged with did mention couple of restaurants and even a hotel in Turkey accepting btc, but i went with fiat honestly! More choices!

[Alex-Z]

Wow! Cool! Congratulations! I would also like to travel so much!

[lalabotax]

what you say can not everyone do, i better keep it ,. probably because you already have a lot of bitcoin or money. but for me bitcoin is very valuable until I collect it piece by piece.

[karmakeddon]

This has given me an idea for my Thailand travel soon. I will be going on a vacation with my fiancee and I will be trying this. Hope I get lucky and have someone local I could contact and exchange my bitcoins from. Currently you are a rock star in this forums with your travel adventures my friend.

[Ucy]

Wonderful stuff!
Wonder what currency you sold your coin for in Egypt. Dollars or Egyptian currency? If Egypt's,  I assume the currency was received in person at specific locations in Egypt. Localbitcons is really an awesome site

[Dainye_dyep]

My journey started on Sep 21, from Boston to NYC, flight to Egypt then Turkey, back to Boston! Carrying $100 just in case and 3 bitcoins in my wallet!

Fuck If I will ever carry credit card, or cash any more:

1- I used Localbitcoins for cash! Search for best local currency rate!
2- How much I save from credit card fees and Fiat exchanges: $305.
3- Is it save to deal with Localbitcoins in person overseas? Yes, so amazing nice guys, you are making friends


You should try it! & $100 stayed with me! and I spent less than 1.9 btc in both countries!!!

Well, it is not a shocking scenario for me after all since bitcoin can be really used up into different purpose of usage depending upon the user or the owner of the bitcoin holding he have. Bitcoin usage in western countries you have recently travelled is really in a wide use. Well, it is really interesting that you have kept into yourself the $100 you have and used up bitcoin to prove that bitcoin can be used as a term of payment not just for online purchase but also for travelling.

[South Park]

My journey started on Sep 21, from Boston to NYC, flight to Egypt then Turkey, back to Boston! Carrying $100 just in case and 3 bitcoins in my wallet!

Fuck If I will ever carry credit card, or cash any more:

1- I used Localbitcoins for cash! Search for best local currency rate!
2- How much I save from credit card fees and Fiat exchanges: $305.
3- Is it save to deal with Localbitcoins in person overseas? Yes, so amazing nice guys, you are making friends


You should try it! & $100 stayed with me! and I spent less than 1.9 btc in both countries!!!

This is a great story if you can show to us some pics of the travel then that would be awesome, I have always thought that it would be possible to do this but I never dared to try it so it is nice to know that it is possible if I ever try to go in an adventure myself.

[Pumapipa]

Whoaw! Is this for real? If this is so, then bitcoin is the thing now! I was so surprised with how much you save and the strategy of converting bitcoin to cash. I think many people using bitcoin should start this trend where you just carry bitcoins to travel the world. I do hope that in years time many countries wilk open their trades for bitcoin. This is s great step for bitcoin.
Well, we are looking forward to travelling like you. This time, we're dreaming of travelling to south korea!

[Duogembrot]

My journey started on Sep 21, from Boston to NYC, flight to Egypt then Turkey, back to Boston! Carrying $100 just in case and 3 bitcoins in my wallet!

Fuck If I will ever carry credit card, or cash any more:

1- I used Localbitcoins for cash! Search for best local currency rate!
2- How much I save from credit card fees and Fiat exchanges: $305.
3- Is it save to deal with Localbitcoins in person overseas? Yes, so amazing nice guys, you are making friends


You should try it! & $100 stayed with me! and I spent less than 1.9 btc in both countries!!!

yes of course you can, as long as you carry bitcoin you do not bring money can go or walk out of country, more in china you can pay all with bitcoin without spending cash.

[Fuhre]

My journey started on Sep 21, from Boston to NYC, flight to Egypt then Turkey, back to Boston! Carrying $100 just in case and 3 bitcoins in my wallet!

Fuck If I will ever carry credit card, or cash any more:

1- I used Localbitcoins for cash! Search for best local currency rate!
2- How much I save from credit card fees and Fiat exchanges: $305.
3- Is it save to deal with Localbitcoins in person overseas? Yes, so amazing nice guys, you are making friends


You should try it! & $100 stayed with me! and I spent less than 1.9 btc in both countries!!!

yes of course you can, as long as you carry bitcoin you do not bring money can go or walk out of country, more in china you can pay all with bitcoin without spending cash.

doesn't china banned the use of bitcoin and they close all the bitcoin sale exchanges? this is a very interesting adventure, maybe later I will try it too.

[Uberzugzug]

Wow I would like to try this some time! However now, I think this must have been hard given that not everyone are familiar with Bitcoins. Which means that a lot of stores, especially in countries that do not accept yet totally Bitcoin, are not accepting Bitcoins as payments. Maybe in the future there will be the time that majority or all stores will be open and willing to accept Bitcoin payments.

[damnek]

Nice for you, I am so happy to hear that from a bitcoin user,  meaning bitcoins has been accepted in the market already. so just as I suspected, bitcoin will take over in the market and be used in trade and business.

Yes bitcoin is nice now my country marketing places accepted bitcoin and I want to use trading in business bitcoin because bitcoin is so popular every one want to use bitcoin .

[lucifochrome]

It is nice to hear your story, did you use just bitcoin like, mainly bitcoin in all you purchases or had to trade it to real money. if you just used bitcoin and all, i am impressed as there are a lot of establishments now that accepts bitcoin that it was before, and do airlines accept bitcoin now as well? did not heard about it that much. but this is just an advice, it is up to you whether you will take it or not. Do not just bring a 100$ with you, bitcoin is highly volatile, the next thing you know prices may have dropped insanely so if in case that happens would you still trade your bitcoin for real money or just use the money you have until price gets back up.

[xredfoundation]

Cool! This is a great story. I'm also interested in hearing more details out of curiosity.

[Adam]

My journey started on Sep 21, from Boston to NYC, flight to Egypt then Turkey, back to Boston! Carrying $100 just in case and 3 bitcoins in my wallet!

Fuck If I will ever carry credit card, or cash any more:

1- I used Localbitcoins for cash! Search for best local currency rate!
2- How much I save from credit card fees and Fiat exchanges: $305.
3- Is it save to deal with Localbitcoins in person overseas? Yes, so amazing nice guys, you are making friends


You should try it! & $100 stayed with me! and I spent less than 1.9 btc in both countries!!!

yes of course you can, as long as you carry bitcoin you do not bring money can go or walk out of country, more in china you can pay all with bitcoin without spending cash.

If we use bitcoin .if we use cash .these two question like too same but we look what is better for us and which is easy for us now this time bitcoin work in all world any one country accept bitcoin if go out of country for trade and you want to easily my money can chance other currency now this is bitcoin use very important because any one want to trade in bitcoin.

[francesyrus]

My journey started on Sep 21, from Boston to NYC, flight to Egypt then Turkey, back to Boston! Carrying $100 just in case and 3 bitcoins in my wallet!

Fuck If I will ever carry credit card, or cash any more:

1- I used Localbitcoins for cash! Search for best local currency rate!
2- How much I save from credit card fees and Fiat exchanges: $305.
3- Is it save to deal with Localbitcoins in person overseas? Yes, so amazing nice guys, you are making friends


You should try it! & $100 stayed with me! and I spent less than 1.9 btc in both countries!!!

Wow thats nice to hear bro. Bitcoin is doing good for travellers I guess. You do not need to bring large amounts of money to roam around. You only need is your smart phone with your bitcoin wallet and exchange you bitcoin in their local fiat just like what you did. It is better to have bitcoin with you than cash.

[7jaka7]

If someone would take trip from April to September there would be a big chance that he would come back even richer in terms of FIAT money .
That would be a story to tell: I went on vacation for 5 months and earned xxx$