What countries have the best exchange rate for the dollar?

In article . net, "King"
writes:

I wrote dollar because I wanted the reader to know I was from the US......
not some other country

Face it kid, no matter what you wrote the bigots from Europe would have been
down on you. If its any comfort the Australians recently went through this when
their currency took a dive. The elitists can't stand ordinary people trying to
fend their way through life.
edwardseco

In article , Gerry Scott-Moore
writes:

Makes me wonder why everybody seems so happy

Maybe they have a right to their opinion, novel concept for Europe. That is,
unless they belong to a union.
edwardseco

In article . net, "King"
writes:

Yea....I love DIFFERNT cultures, food, people, religions, etc. I just
cannot visit them all at one time.
I'd prefer to go some place, like a previous post said......that I can stay
a 2 weeks instead of 2 days.

Seems simple economic judgement, too deep for the travel snobs though.
edwardseco

Dieter A Dieter wrote:
Sure, but IF, but only IF he meant to tavel economical, then he should
write "value for my money" But what he really meant was "in which country
can I make use of my valuable dollars" or "in which country do people
still like USD"

I think you are picking a fight where none is necessary. He earns money in
dollars. He has a bank account with dollars in it. Now he wants to go out
and spend them, and he wants to know where he would get the most value for
each one.

It's a perfectly fair question, and I don't necessarily see any "US
arrogance" wrapped up in it.

Only US people don't see the difference between money and dollars

Dollars are money.

Not all money is dollars, but that's irrelevant. He wasn't asking on your
behalf, so he didn't say "euros".

miguel
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:18:35 GMT, (Miguel Cruz) wrote:

It's a perfectly fair question, and I don't necessarily see any "US
arrogance" wrapped up in it.

Absolutely, you probably should look to where you can spend your money
(be it pounds, dollars or euro) most efficiently, there are so many
good places to visit, choosing the one to visit today that's the best
value today makes a lot of sense. Next year it'll be a different
country, and you'll not have to save up as long.

Jim.

"Miguel Cruz" wrote in message
...
Dieter A Dieter wrote:
Sure, but IF, but only IF he meant to tavel economical, then he should
write "value for my money" But what he really meant was "in which
country
can I make use of my valuable dollars" or "in which country do people
still like USD"

I think you are picking a fight where none is necessary. He earns money in
dollars. He has a bank account with dollars in it. Now he wants to go out
and spend them, and he wants to know where he would get the most value for
each one.

Yes, but...

Exchange rate does not indicate what the money, once exchanged, will buy.
You may get 5,000 EscudoSolPesos per dollar, but if the cost of living in
whatever country we are talking about is high, there is no advantage to
getting 5,0000 EscudoSolPesos over getting some other currency that converts
at 10 to the dollar or 3 to the dollar.

Look at what the cost of tourism, in dollars, is. Ask "how far will my money
go." Who cares what the exchange rate is? What is important is what the
money will buy.

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:51:14 GMT, "David Eduardo"
wrote:

Exchange rate does not indicate what the money, once exchanged, will buy.
You may get 5,000 EscudoSolPesos per dollar, but if the cost of living in
whatever country we are talking about is high, there is no advantage to
getting 5,0000 EscudoSolPesos over getting some other currency that converts
at 10 to the dollar or 3 to the dollar.

Of course not, which is why asking the question "which country has a
good exchange rate with the dollar?" isn't mentioning anything about
5,000, or any numbers, it's asking which are good.

I think lots of people understood the question well enough.

A good exchange rate for a tourist is clearly one which makes things
you buy cheaper at the destination, it's got nothing to do with the
units used.

Jim.

David Eduardo wrote:
"Miguel Cruz" wrote:
I think you are picking a fight where none is necessary. He earns money in
dollars. He has a bank account with dollars in it. Now he wants to go out
and spend them, and he wants to know where he would get the most value for
each one.

Exchange rate does not indicate what the money, once exchanged, will buy.
You may get 5,000 EscudoSolPesos per dollar, but if the cost of living in
whatever country we are talking about is high, there is no advantage to
getting 5,0000 EscudoSolPesos over getting some other currency that converts
at 10 to the dollar or 3 to the dollar.

I think that alone is enough to conclude that the meaning of "best" you've
inferred is not what he intended. He didn't ask "What countries have the
most currency units per dollar?"

.... though there is probably some vague correlation, especially if we can
imagine Japan out of existence.

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu
Site remodeled 10-Sept-2003: Hundreds of new photos, easier navigation.

"Dieter A" Dieter wrote in message
...

"really man" schreef in bericht
...
You must be joking.
Never heard of people, culture, nature, ... ?

Never heard of reading comprehension? "One of my criteria..." does
not
mean "my sole criterion".

Even in case it is the last criterium on his list, even then, it is
banal,
crude and vulgar to write such kind of statements.

You're being utterly ridiculous. Economical travel is a perfectly valid
criterion.

Sure, but
IF, but only IF he meant to tavel economical, then he should write "value
for my money"

Then maybe that's what you should write in your reply to him, instead of
immediately raising the ugly american spector.

But what he really meant was "in which country can I make use of my
valuable
dollars"

Yes, I guess that's part of it.

or "in which country do people still like USD"

Boy are you reading your own bias into this.


Only US people don't see the difference between money and dollars

That settles it. There are ignorant people all over the world, and you are
one of them.

China is not that cheap, and HK is downright expensive (athough much cheaper
than before). Vietnam is relatively inexpensive, as is Malaysia and
Indonesia.

India can be very inexpensive.

"King" wrote in message
ink.net...
Yea...I love South & Central America. I've seen most of the continent
except Terra del Fuego.
I'm headed down to Peru next month.
I've got to get out though, and see some other parts of the world.
I've never been to the Asian countries. I was trying to narrow down China
(Beijing, Shanghai, HK), Mongolia, Vietnam, Bangkok,etc.
I'll also eventually get to India and Turkey.
I've seen some of Europe, and most of the Middle East but would like to
get
in more there.

You can see from my original post why I ask the question about exchange
rates and value for the dollar. It's not that I will never travel to
these
places...it's just that there's so many places to see....things to
do...........



"really man" wrote in message
...
Yea....I love DIFFERNT cultures, food, people, religions, etc. I just
cannot visit them all at one time.
I'd prefer to go some place, like a previous post said......that I can
stay
a 2 weeks instead of 2 days.

If you have any facility in Spanish, South America will be cheap.
Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, alll good bets. I'd
stay out of Colombia without a guide (preferably someone visiting home);
the other countries I've never been or have no
reliable info.

-C