I always bring my entire wallet, but that's probably not the most sensible advice. Leaving some cards at home means if I lose my wallet I will not lose all of my cards (and not having any cards for 2 weeks sucks big time), while bringing too little (in term of credit limit) leaves you no room for emergency. One time my car broke down in the middle of no where, I had to tow it to the nearest town, stayed there for one extra day, and of course pay a small sum to repair the car.
What I would do, if I were to be careful, will be bring one or two travel cards that will give the best rewards (for hotel, dining, gas, etc) and one big CL card for emergency. Some people concern that theft can go for a shopping spree with your big CL card but I don't see problems because we have zero fraud liability and usually credit card company catch fradulent activities pretty quickly.
@icyhot wrote:
I know internationally it's different, but I'm speaking more so domestically since I have some trips coming up. I normally bring my entire wallet but I feel like this wouldn't be the best idea. I don't think I would need a gas/grocery card if I'm going on a trip. I'm thinking perhaps the card(s) I booked my travel on (normally CSP)my Venture for incidental travel purchases, a dining card and whatever card I'm currently using for non-category spending, which is my AAdvantage. Also Macy's if I decide to go shopping. Are there upsides/drawbacks to leaving some cards at home? What do you guys do? Last thing I want to do is be left vulnerable and out of money if heaven forbid I get pickpocketed.
