Hi,

First post on the site (which is a great informative site by the way!). We're off to Orlando in mid-June (3rd time for me but haven't been since 2000) and I was wondering what the majority do for spends these days?

When travelling to Europe I've always happily used travellers cheques as obviously there's the added secutiry option if you lose em and most tourist resorts have a main reception where we can cash 'em in etc.

We're staying in a villa in Hampton Lakes in orlando this year and would suspect that there isn't a main reception where we can change travellers cheques so will have to either pay for most stuff using tc's (which means taking my passport absolutely everywhere) or keep finding banks to exchange them for cash which sounds like a bit of a clart.

I don't really want to go to the extreme of finding and opening a new bank account that enables me to draw cash out (free of charges) but also am concerned about taking that much loose cash away with me in my wallet. A couple of friends have done/are doing this when going to Orlando this year but personally I think it's a little risky.

Lastly, any vague idea of spending amounts needed for a fortnight in June for family of 4 (2 adults 2 kids aged 11 & 6)? We're pre-booking all our park tickets, have sorted car hire so only really need additional spends. it's like gonna be our "holiday of a lifetime" for a little while to come so I don't want to have to scrimp of I can help it. I was thinking of taking in the region of £1800 - does that sound reasonable?

Thanks in advance for any assistance

Dave