I was thinking of a trip to Northern Italy, however I read on priceline listings that the hotels normally require a credit card, which I don’t have. I only have a debit card.
I made a large deposit at the bank about a year ago and the teller said, “This is very dangerous, move it quickly. If someone gets your debit card number somehow they can empty your account!
I said, “That’s why I don’t have a PIN number nor a debit card.” She looked at me with a shocked face.
I have used credit cards all over Europe a lot with no problems and gotten hundreds of dollars in cash back.
By the way, northern Italy is dramarically beautiful but very expensive and not as friendly and fun as central and south, imo. Italy from about Siena south is more my glass of wine. And don’t ever go in August, everyone is on vacation and overwhelming every service and locale, especially near/at the ocean.