1. Not calling your bank or credit card company before you leave Before our trip to China, we did very little preparation other than just pack our bags and water our plants. On our first night in Beijing, we thought, “No problem, we’ll just walk to the mall near our hotel, hit up an ATM and grab some dinner”.  We visited an ATM with my debit card’s logo and, worst thing ever; it sucked up my debit card and kept it!  We tried buying some small items at a grocery store and got rejected with every card we tried there as well.  That night, we had to go back to…