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Currancy Exchange
We are travelling to Oz very shortly. We are seeking advice on the best way
to take the cash there. We have debit cards, credit cards and money in the savings. Do we get travellers cheques? or take our cards?????? Any help would be much appreciated Thanks |
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"artwahh" wrote in
: We are travelling to Oz very shortly. We are seeking advice on the best way to take the cash there. We have debit cards, credit cards and money in the savings. Do we get travellers cheques? or take our cards?????? Any help would be much appreciated Thanks We spent several months in Australia earlier this year, and didn't take much cash, just used our credit card against our Canadian account. Make sure your credit card is registered at your bank so you can withdraw from abroad. Then just used it as a withdrawal card. Sometimes the credit card *won't* work at all banks in Australia. Just talk to your bank and see what they advise. We found this the easiest way to manage our money, we didn't have to worry about travellers cheques or anything else. The charges were $2.50 for each withdrawal, so we would take $200-300 each time. Plus the bank may charge for the money conversion. Again, best thing, talk to your bank. Alan |
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"artwahh" wrote in
: We are travelling to Oz very shortly. We are seeking advice on the best way to take the cash there. We have debit cards, credit cards and money in the savings. Do we get travellers cheques? or take our cards?????? Any help would be much appreciated Thanks We spent several months in Australia earlier this year, and didn't take much cash, just used our credit card against our Canadian account. Make sure your credit card is registered at your bank so you can withdraw from abroad. Then just used it as a withdrawal card. Sometimes the credit card *won't* work at all banks in Australia. Just talk to your bank and see what they advise. We found this the easiest way to manage our money, we didn't have to worry about travellers cheques or anything else. The charges were $2.50 for each withdrawal, so we would take $200-300 each time. Plus the bank may charge for the money conversion. Again, best thing, talk to your bank. Alan |
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You can get Atms at banks and hotels and some service stations that takes
most cards and credit cards are taken every where in shops so thats the way to go |
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You can get Atms at banks and hotels and some service stations that takes
most cards and credit cards are taken every where in shops so thats the way to go |
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artwahh wrote:
We are travelling to Oz very shortly. We are seeking advice on the best way to take the cash there. We have debit cards, credit cards and money in the savings. Do we get travellers cheques? or take our cards?????? Any help would be much appreciated Thanks A credit card and a spare one (in case anything happens to the first one) and some cash (drawn from an ATM upon arrival) to get you through the next few days (in case there is no ATM, it is closed/broken/empty/limited/etc.). |
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artwahh wrote:
We are travelling to Oz very shortly. We are seeking advice on the best way to take the cash there. We have debit cards, credit cards and money in the savings. Do we get travellers cheques? or take our cards?????? Any help would be much appreciated Thanks A credit card and a spare one (in case anything happens to the first one) and some cash (drawn from an ATM upon arrival) to get you through the next few days (in case there is no ATM, it is closed/broken/empty/limited/etc.). |
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Some friends of mine came over to Australia with travellers cheques in
Australian currency. These did not work so well as most banks are very suspicious and charged $5 to cash them. Bank of Melbourne did not charge any fee and were quite helpful, but the rest of the banks that we tried were down right impossible. I would suggest not bringing travellers cheques. ATM cards and Credit cards should work fine. "artwahh" wrote in message ... We are travelling to Oz very shortly. We are seeking advice on the best way to take the cash there. We have debit cards, credit cards and money in the savings. Do we get travellers cheques? or take our cards?????? Any help would be much appreciated Thanks |
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Travellers Cheques are no longer used much. ATM's are almost everywhere
(even in the outback you can withdraw money through your credit card using eftpos). Cirrus, Plus, Maestro, Star - and virtually every other ATM network known are supported! "artwahh" wrote in message ... We are travelling to Oz very shortly. We are seeking advice on the best way to take the cash there. We have debit cards, credit cards and money in the savings. Do we get travellers cheques? or take our cards?????? Any help would be much appreciated Thanks |
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Travellers Cheques are no longer used much. ATM's are almost everywhere
(even in the outback you can withdraw money through your credit card using eftpos). Cirrus, Plus, Maestro, Star - and virtually every other ATM network known are supported! "artwahh" wrote in message ... We are travelling to Oz very shortly. We are seeking advice on the best way to take the cash there. We have debit cards, credit cards and money in the savings. Do we get travellers cheques? or take our cards?????? Any help would be much appreciated Thanks |
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