You will need to contact the bank that issued the credit cards or traveler's checks directly. The Embassy cannot assist with lost or stolen credit card or traveler's checks claims. Following are contact numbers for selected credit card companies:

Notify your bank immediately. Then call the three credit reporting bureaus to report the loss and ask them to put a fraud alert on your account so no new credit will be issued without contacting you.

Hotels, restaurants and stores in the tourist areas accept all major credit cards. Smaller vendors and storekeepers in rural areas may accept only cash or travelers' checks (US currency or Belize currency... US$1 = BZE$2). All major credit card companies may be contacted at all of the commercial banks in Belize City.

Immediately contact your bank or credit card company to alert them and close your accounts! If your checks or cards have been used, fill out the appropriate affidavits of forgery with the banks, credit card companies or the appropriate law enforcement agency. When the bank or credit card Company reimburses your account, they technically become the victim because they have suffered the financial loss. They must then file the necessary police reports.

You will need very little spending money on most safaris as the majority of meals and activities are included in your package cost. You will need to pay for lunch, dinner, and drinks when you are staying at hotels on a bed and breakfast basis as is the case at most lodges and hotels in cities. Bills may be settled by US cash, by travelers check, or by credit card (accepted at most lodges, camps, hotels).

We do not recommend the use of travelers checks as you may experience difficulty using and/or cashing them. In addition, banks usually charge a significant handling fee when cashing travelers checks. Credit cards are recommended for larger purchases. VISA and MasterCard are much more prevalent than Discovery and American Express. Most larger stores accept checks.

Credit cards are widely accepted and there are ATM's everywhere. Travelers checks are not as easy to use.

Contact the banks and/or businesses that accepted your checks or cards to notify them of the fraud and offer to sign any affidavits of forgery as needed. Encourage the banks and businesses to pursue charges against any suspects identified. The ONLY person who can make a forgery report is the person/business that accepted the forged check. The reason for this is that the only person who can identify the criminal who signed or passed the check is the person who actually accepted the document.

To prevent any fraudulent activity, please call us immediately at 1-800-955-7070. If you are a small business credit card customer, please call us a 1-800-867-0904. From outside the United States, please call our collect number at 804-934-2001. If possible, please have your 16-digit credit card number, the circumstances of the loss or theft such as date and location, the last authorized charges to your account, and any access or purchase checks numbers that need to be honored.

We can help you to report all UK issued credit, debit and charge cards lost or stolen. We can also help you report many store cards and foreign issued cards lost or stolen.

No, the use of credit cards is not yet common in Latvia. Yes, larger restaurants, grocery stores and shops in Riga do accept credit cards. We do recommend that you be careful as there have been reported cases of credit card fraud. Travelers checks are only accepted by banks and subject to a 4% service charge and their available operating hours. click for more information Emails have been known to be lost in the Internet Black Hole.

All Golden Gate Council-operated hostels accept VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and JCB, as well as travelers checks.

San Diego businesses accept most credit cards and US-dollar travelers checks. Some restaurants accept cash only. Some businesses may require a photo identification card (passport or other identification) before cashing travelers checks.

Most stores and all Explore Nicaragua Tours hotels accept U.S. dollars, but travelers cheques are not readily accepted in Nicaragua. It is easy, however, to extract money from the numerous ATM machines found in every town. We recommend exchanging $40 U.S. per person into Nicaraguan Cordobas when you arrive in Nicaragua for "walking around money."

A few hundred bucks spending cash should do it. The only thing we don't cover is your bar tab, phone calls, and purchases like souvenirs. If you don't drink alcohol then a hundred bucks might be enough. If you do drink, well, you be the judge on that. Bring cash in small denominations - one's, five's, and ten's work best. Don't expect a bartender or souvenir store guy to give you change for a Fifty or Hundred. Don't bother with travelers' checks.

Yes, most of the larger grocery stores do accept credit cards and travelers checks: General Foods, Ocho Rios, Scotties, Discovery Bay, L&M Supermarket, Runaway Bay and Shoppers Fare in Montego Bay.

Sorry, no credit cards or travelers checks accepted directly by us. Credit card companies charge businesses here a fortune in kickbacks making it impossible to offer our low rates. Also, banks withhold payment to businesses on third-party travelers checks for three weeks to increase their profits. Still, there is no need to travel with large amounts of cash because you can get cash advances on Visa or MasterCard in nearby Bahia, or cash travelers checks at the banks there.

Immediately contact the bank that issued your credit card to report a lost or stolen credit card. Visit the banks website online for a customer service number to assist you with this.