Traveling with self-custodial funds is safer than carrying cash — if you prepare. This is the checklist we use ourselves.
Before you leave
- • Register a second passkey (phone + laptop) so losing one device isn't lockout
- • Preload your FurlPay balance for tap-speed payments abroad
- • Generate a travel VCN with a trip-sized limit for card-only merchants
- • Store your recovery kit offline at home — never in cloud notes
- • Set a spending policy so a stolen phone can't drain the wallet
- • Download offline maps and your e-tickets from /travel/my-trips
On the road
- • Pay in local currency when a terminal offers a choice (skip DCC markups)
- • Use eSIMs over airport SIM stands — pay for them in USDC
- • Keep cashback auto-depositing; it compounds over a long trip
- • Screenshot booking confirmations for border officials
- • Check tx hashes on Solscan if a merchant claims non-payment
- • Revoke any agent session keys you're not actively using