I have just been to the Benicassim Festival in Spain (which was fantastic by the way) followed by 2 days in Valencia. I bought 900 euros of travellers cheques and some Euros to go with.

When I tried to cash the cheques in the banks of Valencia I was told that they do not accept them. I found this to be amazing – they are American Express which I thought was universal accepted. Apparently not! I was staying at the wonderful Medium Conqueridor hotel double checked with hotel reception… they confirmed that travellers cheques are not accepted in Valencia!!

With useless cheques I was forced to More >