Best Way to Buy Canadian Dollars
Will be travelling to Alberta and BC for 10 days Which is the best way (i.e. best rate) I can purchase Canadian Dollars with my US Dollars?
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I got CA money from a bank in Kalispell before crossing. It's been my experience that most places in Canada will take American dollars, but they treat it like Canadian loonies and don't give you any exchange rate diff. IOW, you buy a hamburger for a loonie and give them a dollar and they don't give you anything in change, even if the exchange rate is lower for the loonie.
At the time, the rate was .93 loonie to dollar. The bank gave me .97 exchange.
I thought that was a big ripoff, but not sure of any better way to do it. They were nice enough to not charge me a bank fee, even though I wasn't a member.
My bank charges a fee for using my debit card in Canada. Feels like a ripoff all around to me.
I still have about $250 in loonies and I guess I'll have to go back up there to spend it so I avoid the exchange hassle (j/K).
At the time, the rate was .93 loonie to dollar. The bank gave me .97 exchange.
I thought that was a big ripoff, but not sure of any better way to do it. They were nice enough to not charge me a bank fee, even though I wasn't a member.
My bank charges a fee for using my debit card in Canada. Feels like a ripoff all around to me.
I still have about $250 in loonies and I guess I'll have to go back up there to spend it so I avoid the exchange hassle (j/K).
