Credit cards are a must in the USA especially for carhire and when the TCs and $$$ run out you can still spend spend spend!! I also use my Halifax cash card here to with no problems.
CDV
Credit cards are a must in the USA especially for carhire and when the TCs and $$$ run out you can still spend spend spend!! I also use my Halifax cash card here to with no problems.
CDV
My wife and I have not taken Travellers Cheques to the USA for over 10 years. We use MC or Visa, accepted almost everywhere. For small transections, we keep some spare cash just like in the UK. If one needs more money, the UK Debit Cards can be used on all Americam ATMs. There may be a small charge, but I think the convenience is worth it. TCs are just too much of a pain.
Nostromo
Can't agree Nostromo TC's are taken as cash is, could not be easier. Never had a problem using them never found them to be a pain. Buying them at the right time can save you a fortune, bought a £1000 worth when they were $1.86.
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Can't agree Nostromo TC's are taken as cash is, could not be easier. Never had a problem using them never found them to be a pain. Buying them at the right time can save you a fortune, bought a £1000 worth when they were $1.86.
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That's what I meant. We try to avoid taking more cash than necessary and if you use a $100 TC for a smaller amount, you might end up with more money than you want to carry. I am sorry to disagree with you but both my wife and I find TCs completely pointless and inconvenient while travelling in the US, and we go at least once a year.
Nostromo
We go with some cash for small purchases - drinks ice creams etc. Children take pocket money in cash , but only give then a small amount to carry themselves, and ration then to so much per week so it doesn't get all blown on the first day
Anything over about $20 we put on a credit card ( Nationwide - good rate and no extra charges). Debit card taken as a back-up if we need more cash. Don't do TCs.
We went with the in laws this time and they wanted to pay their way ( I love my mother-in-law!), so everytime we paid a resrtaurant bill or food shopping etc my father in law wrote down the total and who paid in his little black book. At the end of the holiday we totted up who had paid how much and wrote a cheque to even up expenses. Might work well if you have two famillies travelling together. Otherwise its all to easy for one family to subsidise the other.
Jo
Jo
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Jo
so everytime we paid a resrtaurant bill or food shopping etc my father in law wrote down the total and who paid in his little black book. [/quote]
He sounds like a great guy....just like my own father-in-law; only, his little book is blue.
Nostromo
My hubby has a black and grey one! Sad really, he sits like Scrooge every night! It makes no odds how much we have spent. I think it is just when we get back he can say "look we spent $3,000 this trip!! (And no he is not Scottish.......I am)!
CDV
I'm there in 36 days, and I plan to take 1/3 of my holiday spending estimate in cash and 2/3 as TC's, anything else is on my credit card.
Hadrian[msncool]
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