Carrying small amount of cash and no credit card will help check spending

The shopping in Malaysia is good and there are also sales often for consumers to get value for money. Pix by FOONG PEK YEE.

DO NOT take your credit card along and just carry RM500 with you.

This is the advice from a tour guide for her group when they go on short trips of less than a week to Haadyai and China.