Originally Posted by
Machka
You're going to need a card with a chip in it if you travel anywhere in Europe anyway. European, Canadian, and Australian cards all have that, but if the OP is from the US, he'll have to go to his bank and see if he can acquire one.
That's simply wrong. American credit cards without chips work fine for most purposes in Europe. Kiosks are the only place where I've had a problem. That includes velib bike rental kiosks and SNCF (French railroad) ticket retrieval kiosks.