Miguel Cruz
September 10th, 2003, 04:43 PM
Raffi Balmanoukian > wrote:
> wrote:
>> Bring a couple hundred in your country's cash or traveler's checks just
>> to be safe if you're disposed to worry.
>
> I wouldn't say "your country's cash." Local or USD. Secondary currencies
> (meaning: anything except the USD or Euro) has such an exchange spread
> that it's preposterous, if it's accepted at all. It's cheaper for me, for
> example, to change CAD into USD in Canada, and then USD to local
> currencies wherever I'm going, than to change CAD to local currency.
The reason I suggested that is that it's more of an insurance
policy/psychological protection than anything else, since with a
properly-functioning ATM card you'll never need it. That way you save on
having done any exchange at all.
miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu
> wrote:
>> Bring a couple hundred in your country's cash or traveler's checks just
>> to be safe if you're disposed to worry.
>
> I wouldn't say "your country's cash." Local or USD. Secondary currencies
> (meaning: anything except the USD or Euro) has such an exchange spread
> that it's preposterous, if it's accepted at all. It's cheaper for me, for
> example, to change CAD into USD in Canada, and then USD to local
> currencies wherever I'm going, than to change CAD to local currency.
The reason I suggested that is that it's more of an insurance
policy/psychological protection than anything else, since with a
properly-functioning ATM card you'll never need it. That way you save on
having done any exchange at all.
miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu