How to spend money in Canada
My wife and I will be in Canada for 7 days. This will be the middle part of a longer trip. We are wondering what the best way to handle finances would be. We would like to have cash on hand for inc...
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ILroader wrote:
We are heading to NB, NS, PEI, and NL this July pulling our 5er. Someone told me that many Canadian gas stations are private operators and do not take take credit cards. He was looking into it for his trip through the western provinces on his way to Alaska. We'll be in the east. But is this true? It will make a big difference in the amount of cash I need on hand if I'm going to have to pay for most of my fuel in cash. Also, my GMC Sierra has the Duramax diesel. Is diesel easy to find?
Unless you are in the boonies your CC should be good. I have noticed that some stations here in Ontario are posting notes at the pump that customers have to go to the cashier to use their US cards, perhaps because US cards aren't chipped, ours are.
As for diesel it's widely available, had no problems as far back as the 1990's getting diesel even on the trans Labrador highway at that time.
