Campsites and currency for Netherlands Holiday..

[cnb]

Just looking for some pointers regarding Camping in the Netherlands..ie What on average the campsites charge per night and also some advice for carrying currency. Is it ok to rely on credit/debit cards backed up with taking some Euros or perhaps Travellers cheques..

[al_yrpal]

Get a Halifax Clarity credit card and get cash advances out of any cash machine. Its the cheapest way to get local currency practically anywhere abroad. All you pay is a small bit of interest and you get the best exchange rate.

Al

[randomblue]

I personally found the caxton FX card to be the best option for managing cash abroad.

For camping etc in netherlands this website has lots and lots of cycle friendly options both for accommodation and places to eat etc etc!

Good lcuk with your trip! =)

[al_yrpal]

Before you go for that have a look at this:- http://www.europebycamper.com/2012/06/h ... -over.html

...and this. http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel ... avel-money

And this...Overseas spending Q&A | Martin Lewis MoneySavingE…: http://youtu.be/66VViU1jNAA

Al

[FarOeuf]

normal credit/debit cards also work, and there are ATMs all over the place. I've just come through the Netherlands but the campsites I tried were closed, so I don't know the prices. I would imagine similar to France at €10-15 depending on the site.

I didn't know travellers cheques still existed, I thought they had been phased out.

cheers,

[cnb]

Thanks for the suggestions and advice..It seems that i have a few options..Really looking forward to my trip

[roy sh]

We found last year that shops wont take visa cards only mastercard , also in some supermarkets some tills only take cash and others only take cards. Camp sites are quite expensive try small farm camping I think its called

[Slowroad]

Last summer I stayed at Nature Campsites which were lovely and around 5-10 euros. http://www.natuurkampeerterreinen.nl/en/
I've also stayed at farm campsites - one website for these is http://www.kamperen-bij-de-boer.com/sitemap.html - which is only in dutch though google translate made a reasonable job of translating.
http://holland.cyclingaroundtheworld.nl ... mping.html might also be useful.
I took my Visa Debit card and had no problem getting cash but was surprised to find it wasn't accepted in supermarkets - there is often a queue just for paying with their special cards so look out for these - called 'pinnen' I think.
There's loads on the forum about touring in The Netherlands so have a search.