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joe_b_
Dec 08, 2012Explorer II
Most prices are the same, cash or credit, with some exceptions. If a remotely located station loses their data connection to their credit card machine, most go to a cash only basis. Doesn't happen often, but I have seen it occur. We normally stop at the first bank after we cross into Canada and use their ATM machine to take out $400cnd and that will last us on the trip north. Then do the same on the way back south. The last day or two, depending on how much Canadian cash I have remaining, I will start paying for fuel, food, camping etc. to use it up. Last trip I ended up with about $50cnd when we crossed into the US so will use that on our next trip. Some of the provincial parks are on a cash basis. (honor system, drop your money in the locked pipe at the registration station) If we stop at an ice cream shop or grab a snack at a roadhouse, I tend to use cash, or at a kid's lemonade stand, or shopping for locally made items, especially Native American items in Canada or Alaska. Many don't take credit cards, some do though.
Some folks use very little cash, just depends on the person.
Some folks use very little cash, just depends on the person.
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