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....no commision on TC.
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TC = travelers checks?
IMO, TC's have little benefit for most of us, too few places in CA/SA accept them. They are intended for folks booking them 2-week all-inclusive resort vacations - resorts take TC's. Also, good for paying that upfront fee for the Galagagos Island tour, or for three weeks of language school, stuff like that where you know the amount in advance and will accept TC's, but otherwise...not worthless, just difficult to use.
You'll be going out of your way to cash them, hunting down elusive Amex offices in the big cities, or failing that, standing in line at banks and such if you depend on them for reserve cash. A good ATM card with a CC in reserve is all you need - if your not good at hanging on to such things, then two ATM cards to different bank accounts, always carried in separate places.
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The main motivation for this was the exchange rate. TCs do have some minor draw backs. Exchanging them is no harder than changing cash.
We will have ATM and CC but because they are British they will be subject to the exchange rate fluctuations and with the CC there will be commission charges.
I plan to get a couple of thosand in $500 denomination TC just to cover our time in the USA. We have to buy some dollars at some point, with a little forward planning I can get $2.10 for my £.
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Exchange rates
Right enough, the forward rates are a gamble (as is the day to day trading) and no one has the crystal ball which is going to foretell the future.
On the UK business programme today (Working Lunch) the considered opinion was that the $ will continue to fall against both the £ and the Euro and it could be at $2.15 to the pound by the end of this year.
Like any forecast, it is just that and no more.
I tend to agree with Quastdog, and I have not bothered with TCs for quite some years - however, I can see the reason for carrying a few large denomination ones and trading them in at a bank when more cash is required.
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I know its a bit off the topic but is it better to carry large or small denominations of dollars when travelling through africa?
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I know its a bit off the topic but is it better to carry large or small denominations of dollars when travelling through africa?
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http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...orgotten-30190
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