His vacation in Barcelona admits that he learned from his mistakes after his vacation was heavily affected by the widespread blackouts experienced in Spain and Portugal.
Power blackouts in two European countries left millions of power, and travel, banks and telecommunications were greatly confused as authorities scrambled to determine the cause. Foul plays, including cyber attacks, are excluded, but spending proves frustrating for Britons who were looking forward to spending their money in the sun.
“If you rely on one thing for survival, you are vulnerable,” Sam confessed in Tiktok's video during the aftermath. “I learned the difficult methods today,” the situation was what he thought.
Sam had mentioned the fact that he traveled to Spain without cash – he intends to resort to his debit card for his euro currency. However, he was left denied that decision, preventing Power Cut from using ATMs and making e-payments at stores and bars.
“We don't have cash, we don't get food, we can't get water,” Sam cursed with the clip. “You can't get money from an ATM because it depends on power and it really made me think it was the last time I'll leave the house without cash.”
Sam continues: “Are you just relying on your card now? I'm not out my wallet a little more now – I'll pay on my phone. Today I'm stuck, it's crazy.”
Writing accordingly, one Tiktok user declared: “Now everyone should realize that they can't deal with it without cash,” the second explained:
The third added: “Cash is the king. Everyone should have cash. This is a taste of what should come. The fourth Tiktok user says, “It tells you how much you rely on electricity and technology, but there's no Plan B.”
Meanwhile, in Portugal, Samantha's Queen was left on par with annoyance after making the same holiday mistake. Alongside her partner Freddie on the beach, she revealed:
She detailed their problems. “We just use our cards so we don't have cash. Now we can't pay things in the store, so the store is either closed or just cash.”
“We've got some water back at the hotel, but that's all.”
Spain has eliminated “abnormal weather or atmospheric phenomenon” as the cause of power outages previously claimed and reported by Portuguese authorities.
The country's state weather agency said in a statement from X: “On April 28th, no abnormal weather events were detected in Spain, and no sudden temperature changes were found in the meteorological station network.”
Portuguese power bosses have broadly condemned the “abnormal vibration” blackouts on very high voltage lines. This effect is known as “induced atmospheric fluctuations,” and can take up to a week for the network to fully normalize again.
Portuguese grid operator Ren (Rede Eletrica nacional) claims a disruption to its own power source is the result of a “failure to the Spanish power grid.”
