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Re: [world-cruising] Always have to pay cash to check in to a country ?

From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Fri Oct 15 2004 - 20:59:25 EDT

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    On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:35:58 -0400, you wrote:

    >
    >Rosalie B. wrote:
    >
    >> I've used traveler's checks. In 2001, they made me pay 25 cents per
    >> TC to cash them, but in 2002 they didn't charge anything.
    >
    >Isn't that interesting! Years ago, when I traveled to Asia and the Pacific
    >on business, I would get a better exchange rate for travelers checks than I
    >would for cash. Go figure....

    This was in Bimini (Bahamas)

    When we were at Tikal the hotel gave a much worse exchange rate for
    TCs than they did for cash (1998). Most of the time in Costa Rica and
    other central American countries we had to cash TCs at a bank.

    grandma Rosalie

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