money

If you should decide to exchange your money for Taiwan Dollars at home, you can do that at most banks. If you bring cash and want to exchange it in Taiwan, you have to go to a bank. The bank finds out what you are doing, and gives you a slip. You go upstairs and wait until your number is called, in Chinese. I didn't understand what was happening and would not have known if my son hadn't been there. They are very picky on the bills you bring. They examine every bill on both sides. If it is an old issue of $100 or $50 bills, they don't accept them. Even the $50's that aren't colored aren't accepted. The $50's that had a small rubber stamp on them was rejected. So even though I brought $2000 in $100's and $50's, I walked away with $300 in American dollars still unused.
My husband in the mean time used the Visa card, and got money really easy.
If I were to do it again would just put the money into a savings account and don't worry then pay the Visa when you get home. There was one ATM that didn't let us withdraw, but later we paid for a dinner with the Visa and it worked. Then down the street at a McDonald's ATM, we were able to with draw money.
Fairly easy.