What is an ideal amount of cash to take to Europe?

Question

I'm going to countries which use the Euro for 12 days and countries which use the Pound for 7 days. I am taking a credit card but how much of each currency in cash would be good?

Answer 1

if you take you credit card you dont really have to decide. It's hard to say, the prices are different in every country, e.g. in Germany you can get a really  nice meal in a restaurant for 15 euro, in Spain or France is more expensive, than again Poland or Czech Republic is cheaper.  Which countries are you going to and do you plan partying a lot?

I'll try giving you examples: Netherlands, Belgium, France: a 0,5l bottle of cola around 1 -1,50 euro, candy bar  1 euro, hamburger in McDonald around 1 euro., maybe a little bit more. I'd say 30 or 40 a day would be just fine. UK 30 Pounds a day, Ireland is in Euro zone and a little bit more expensive then the other countries.

Hope that helps!