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Fees — we’ve discussed them in detail before now. We’ve shown costs for wiring or obtaining foreign currency through various financial services, what they charge, both stated, and in hidden fees. We’ve gone over the various costs for obtaining cash in the local currency of another country either via a bank, an ATM, or a [...]
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We Americans are very used to flying around our country to get from point “A” to point “B.” In fact, it is our preferred method for long-distance traveling, even sometimes from city-to-city within states. I’ve frequently flown from San Diego to San Francisco. Why? Because it’s an eleven-hour trip to drive it, that’s why, and [...] Money, “you can’t get there without it” when traveling. As it turns out, you can’t even just send money “there” without it costing significantly more money, because we are charged through the nose for the privilege of wiring currency. As it turns out, sometimes, this is often on both ends. Bank of America and Lloyds [...] Ever had a vacation virtually ruined and not by a disappointing destination, but by the flights themselves, either going there, or coming back? And I’m not talking about lost luggage here, which admittedly is always a major pain and statistically is happening more often with each passing year. Rather, I’m talking about the whole [...] American plastic as we know it – is it going the way of the Dodo bird, doomed soon to be extinct? It could very well be. The all-American credit card is in increasing trouble and the European-style credit card, or carte de crédit, as the French would say, is on the rise. Already, problems for [...] Rochester, NY, October 2009: Keeping its promise, Currate.com, an exclusive new website, which recently introduced the world’s first currency conversion tools with actual images of currencies, announces yet another exciting new feature. As of this October 2009, travelers will have access at Currate.com to a Google based world map where they can just point and [...] Just how do currency exchange offices make their money from providing currency exchange services? Finding the answer to this question is no easy task. In fact, it almost appears as if they don’t want the average traveler to know! Currency Exchange ATM – Courtesy of Man Vyi, Wikimedia Commons Bookmark It Hide Sites Picture Courtesy of Felix Burton, Flickr.com, Wikimedia Commons Trying to get the best deal on exchanging currencies – it seems such an ordeal! How and where does one go to do this? Well, there are plenty of suggestions “out there” on how to go about it. Unfortunately, not all of those suggestions are the [...] What should you take with you on a trip? What will you need? How much in the way of clothes should you bring with you? Norway Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Almost everyone asks these types of questions when preparing to travel. Even veteran travelers can agonize over the answers, depending on whether their trip is [...] Traveling – we all know what that can involve – sometimes a great deal of trouble. Although often a joyful experience, traveling can include everything from hassles with luggage at airports, delayed flights, missed connections, wrong dates for hotel reservations, and so much else. Even the “smart” traveler can have such problems. London Bus and [...] |
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