Route planning advice - TT 6 month trip
My wife, two kids, dog and I are planning an extended trip, it will be our first TT trip. I have pulled trailers since I was a teen, so that is not an issue, we have camped and done a little bit of Mo...
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I am still wayne_tw wrote:RCWannabe wrote:
For this trip I am concerned about the following:
How to deal with getting US currency while travelling.
Your Canadian ATM card will work in almost every US ATM. Be sure to notify your bank and credit card providers that you when and where you will be using the cards outside of Canada.
I am trying to find a way to avoid the costs involved with regular transactions with the bank card, I have been warned it is costly if you are doing it alot because they charge a percentage over and above the exchange as opposed to a flat fee per transaction. If I look at the cost of the trip overall and add 2.5%, it adds up quickly.
I am looking in to using a CAA card which is basically a M/C that you prepay. I may purchase my US funds before the trip and avoid the expected decrease in the canadian dollar and if I purchase enought US money I can get a discounted exchange rate or conversion fee apparently, but I won't travel with that amount of cash so I need to find a way to use the money with out having it all as cash. Hope that makes sense.....
So far the primary options seem to be to use a bank card, my credit card, the CAA prepaid M/C or cash.
