I'll be visiting Greece in August for 3 weeks. It's one of the best places on earth to visit so now is the best time to go. This will certainly help the Greek people through this difficult times and all of us will have an unforgettable vacation. So, go to Greece people, now!
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I live in Athens and i want to inform you that you should come to Greece and not be afraid! We are fighting to make my lifes better and we support our Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. We are in war but as Plato said:
ONLY THE DEAD HAVE SEEN THE END OF WAR!
ONLY THE DEAD HAVE SEEN THE END OF WAR!
I'll be in Samos come early August. Looking forward to it!
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We visited Greece in 2012, during the last "Grexit" crisis, and had an incredibly fun trip. What a gorgeous place, great people, great food. I would hate to see Greece become anything other than itself.
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I've been in Greece for a few weeks. Athens now. ATMs are not being mobbed so far as I can see. I've seen some minor lines, but not to the degree that is being hyperbolically reported. The cafés in tourist and nontourist neighborhoods are packed as usual. The Nes-frape everywhere. The demonstrations in Syntagma Square have been mellow. The Greeks I've spoken with express more confusion than conviction. Austerity has been a total failure. The EU accepted Greece, and didn't look under the hood. They didn't notice the GoldmanSacks fingerprints on the books. ... or did they, and looked there other way? The lenders made bad loans. Is the EU the United States of Europe or not? The US wouldn't let West Virginia go bankrupt and allow vulture-banks eat the carcass.
Man up Germany! You can't quit once it gets hard. The union should trump the lenders.
Man up Germany! You can't quit once it gets hard. The union should trump the lenders.
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Investment banks did not guide the Greek governments of ten to fifteen years ago to lie about the debt they had built up by borrowing to give away to an extra month bonus on salaries every year; nor by committing to early 50s retirement pensions for life. It only took the Greek governments of that era about ten years to announce in 2009 that they could never pay the debt they had built along with what they had committed to pay in the future. Most of us would gladly accept monthly or annual payments from people in other countries to let us retire early; most of us would not want to make such payments. I agree with the comment "we should all travel to Greece".
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We should all visit Greece this summer.
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Good to know since I will be vacationing there next week. I didn't think there would be any problem, but it is nice to know.
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There will be a problem if you do not carry an abundance of Euros. Contrary to this pie-in-the-sky article, MANY businesses, particularly on the islands, NO LONGER ACCEPT credit cards, even foreign ones. As for personal security, who knows what next week will bring in the form of protests, riots, problems. It pays to be wary.
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People should go to Greece! You may get a good deal and you will be providing currency for the country. While your spending won't pay the IMF bill, it could help the proprietors of restaurants and other businesses who are having trouble accessing cash.
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Travelers to Greece should also know that many smaller restaurants, cafes, tavernas or hotels are now working on a cash-only basis. There may be credit cards stickers on the doors or menu, but they will not take your card, claiming the machine is broken or just shrugging and pointing to an ATM down the road. I have been in Greece four times in the past year and this has been my experience. Money is tight and visitors should be careful when paying bills at restaurants. You will be charged for every piece of bread and, if you are not diligent, for things you did not order (they may have been put on the table or not).
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Last Fall in Rome, half the ATMs I tried didn't accept my ATM card. Maybe because there was no chip? Tourists anywhere should be used to limited ATM access, and plan accordingly.
Amex traveler's cheques- don't leave home without them.
With banks closed and greeks unable to get cash a traveler's cheque isn't worth the paper it is printed on.
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Do be wary of the what time is it scam, pickpockets, ferry tickets scam, would you like a drink scam, photo taking scam, ring scam, free flower scam, fake products, unpriced menus, faulty motorbikes, no taxi meters/rigged ones, taxi touts at airports, fake police and many more!