Was going to say the same thing. There’s zero correlation between touristy spots and Spar in Ireland, unless East Wall has suddenly become a tourist hot spot without me hearing about it

I was in Mallorca this summer. And I have shopped from Spar across Europe in the past.

The various "Spar" in Mallorca are mom & pop mini markets with 20% higher prices than the Mercadona or Lidl. Walking outside such a "Spar" one you SEE that this is not you "central-europe-1000 sqm shop" but a rip-off with a Spar label on it.

I haven't paid attention on the ATMs though. I believe that with the prevalence of Conotoxia, Revolut, and the likes, and the fact that everywhere* in Mallorca you can pay with your phone/watch, it makes carrying cash unnecessary

*and I mean flea-market that sells crap that only tourists would buy, or bread/cheese/snacks/etc.

I live in Mallorca and the amount of retailers and services that only take cash is significant, it includes:

- several Palma bus lines (if you don't have the bus card)

- the most traditional bakeries, tailors, dry cleaners and so on

- 95% of the traders in my local municipal fruit and veg market

- 95% of the traders in the largest antiques market

- many cleaners, gardeners, painters, physiotherapists, swim instructors, yoga teachers etc

In addition, many places will offer one price for cash, and another for paying with card, and we know what that's about.

I've had to relearn having cash on my person, otherwise you can't get what you need several times a week.

So they just are the certain size category shops. Usually small as the retail spaces are not supermarket sized. Thus they don't get benefits from scale and end up being expensive.

The reality is that there is no big retail spaces near tourist attractions. Or those are much valuable when split up. Thus you end up with smaller stores that do not benefit as much from scale.

If you do not like the prices, just travel enough to find equivalent of Walmart...

Kin has really had the Sherif Street tourism industry breaking new ground

I just have to hope the service lives longer than I do

Weirdly this is something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently. I had no idea 1Password provided a recovery kit until you mentioned it. Just had a look and looks good.

I’ll definitely go through the steps, but I’m wondering what the best way to store it is. Feels weird keeping a document lying around giving access to all your passwords, bank cards, finances etc.

I’ll have a think about storage.

> I had no idea 1Password provided a recovery kit until you mentioned it.

There are people out there with 1password and no recovery kit ? Some people like to live dangerously

Banks’ safe deposit boxes are a good choice if there are any near you, though they’re often expensive.

If you have a lawyer/attorney that you trust they’re often in the habit of securely storing physical documents, but again, expensive.

Personally, I (a cheap-ass) keep a copy in a wooden box buried underground in a secure location along with a few other things.

However, the security of physical things remains a difficult problem that is most easily solved with money!

Appreciate the note to check peer reviews, it certainly does cast these findings in a new light.