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Let’s face it; it’s the age of hidden fees. Airlines, hotels, banks, credit card companies — all have discovered the fine art of charging hidden fees. It has become a major trend. Everybody seems to be in on the act. They quote one price, but when you finally get that bill, there are all those [...]
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We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating; many of us just hate traveling by plane. For some, it is out of a real fear of flying. For others, the sheer, cattle-car style of transportation, those crowded flights, is what we hate. Most of us now dread the task of just “getting there.” Unlike those [...] 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 [...] 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 For the first time ever, travelers, young, and old, whether traveling for business or pleasure, now have instant access at Currate.com to important new currency conversion tools. These easy-to-use tools allow travelers to see actual images of the currencies they wish to convert, access the daily updated exchange rates, and to calculate currency conversions. Travelers, [...]
Traveling is one of the most exciting and pleasurable things to do in this world. That is, unless you have your valuables stolen from you. Then instead of a great trip, you have a great deal of trouble. It can be a disaster if someone steals your passport, tickets, credit cards, or money. Bookmark [...] Should you memorize currency exchange rates for your destination countries before leaving home? Should you practice calculating them so it will be easier for you when traveling? Will this method help you better to know where and when you should convert your money? An article I recently read on how to deal with currency exchange rates [...] |
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