Just a word of advise...I dont like to use my debit card (Visa Checkcard or anything else linked to your checking/savings accounts) in a foreign country because if it gets into the wrong hands, you can get your entire account wiped out. With a regular Visa/MC credit account, you're only liable for $50-100 of fraudulent charges (depending on your state statutes), and the credit-issuing bank will cover the rest. I guess this kind of thing can also happen in "Main Street USA" too, but I've heard about it happening in the Caribbean several times. Recently, my sister-in-law made a phone call from Cancun with a debit card through a local phone company down there and that night her checking account was drained of $900 and there was nothing Fleet bank would do about it.