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Jeff and Jennifer Buxton of Texas learned that after they got off a ferry boat from Corfu Island on Sunday and began a three hour drive to Athens.
They started to run out of cash.
"We joined the locals as we hopped from ATM to ATM in search of one willing to give us euros, but found none," says Jeff, who is also traveling with his eight-year-old son Judah and 10-year-old daughter Jadyn.
"Thankfully, it turns out we had just enough cash on hand for the remaining tolls from Patras to Athens after all."
The family arrived in Athens with .90 left in their pockets -- a dollar.
The ATM machine in their hotel still had cash to dispense. Later, the hotel staff asked to settle their credit card bill early just in case bank machines would stop working.
"We were only slightly inconvenienced. It's a sobering time to be in Greece right now. I pray for the Greek people that they will find the courage and strength to weather this storm," says Jeff, a technical director who runs the Meanderbug travel website with his wife.
"If you're coming to Greece, tourist planning at this point means bringing enough cash and using your credit card as often as possible."
That's the same advice from leaders in the Greek tourism industry after talks crumbled between the Greek government and its creditors over the weekend. In response, Greeks lined up at ATMs and ran them dry.
No guarantees of ATM cashThe country's financial situation grew even more perilous after it officially missed a $1.7 billion International Monetary Fund repayment deadline.
Uncertainty was heightened late last week when the Greek government scheduled a July 5 referendum vote on terms for a bailout offer.
Banks have been ordered to stay closed until the vote and capital controls have been enforced on Greek bank account holders, limiting withdrawals to 60 ($66) per person.
"Restrictions on withdrawals do not apply to our foreign tourists. Credit cards and debit cards issued from abroad can be used at cash machines freely," says Andreas Andreadis, president of the Greek Tourism Confederation known as SETE.
Although ATMs are working, it isn't guaranteed cash will be in them.
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