Orlando & Florida - Questions & Answers (Part 1) *CLOSED*

Murphy_The_Cat

scottishf wrote:

I have just noticed that the exchange rate for the dollar is now sitting at 1.97, can anyone tell me if i would be better booking my park tickets through an american site in dollars??? and how do people take their money when they go...travellers cheques?

For my recent trip to the US, I took a wedge of cash (about £750) and put the rest on plastic couldn't be nothered with the travellers cheque thing.

MTC

Bobsworlduk

If you are going soon I would use a credit card for most of it.
With the exchange rate as high as it is you will get a better deal than taking cash / TC.

Mizz_Pink

We go to Florida next Friday, we return on Dec 27th ( got a mini cruise to Mexico while we are there)
We are taking mostly cash but credit card aswell for emergancies

We will be 'doing' Epcot xmas day

scottishf

With regards to my previous post, does anyone know the best US site to buy the disney tickets?

Mizz_Pink

http://www.kgstickets.com/

This is who my Dad uses each time he goes to Florida. They deliver the park tickets to your hotel/house.

Poppy9

Murphy_The_Cat wrote:

For my recent trip to the US, I took a wedge of cash (about £750) and put the rest on plastic couldn't be nothered with the travellers cheque thing.

MTC

You do realise that shops/restaurants etc accept travellers cheques as cash don't you. A $50 travellers cheque is taken at face value with no charge for using it. So much safer if you lose your money as travellers cheques will be replaced.

ps if driving - remember to get coins, lots of them for tolls on road from airport.

Edinburghlass_2

Mizz_Pink wrote:

We go to Florida next Friday, we return on Dec 27th ( got a mini cruise to Mexico while we are there)
We are taking mostly cash but credit card aswell for emergancies

We will be 'doing' Epcot xmas day

My favourite Disney park, I'm sure it will be great. I'll give you a thought on the 25th

Murphy_The_Cat

Poppy9 wrote:

You do realise that shops/restaurants etc accept travellers cheques as cash don't you. A $50 travellers cheque is taken at face value with no charge for using it. So much safer if you lose your money as travellers cheques will be replaced.

ps if driving - remember to get coins, lots of them for tolls on road from airport.

I do - but a CC is soooooo much easier to use, plus I don't get spanked with ridiculous charge when I try and covert my unused $ travellers cheques back in to Sterling. (plus I hate getting asked for ID for cashing TC's - it doesn't happen often, but it's just a foible of mine).

Plus, those awfully nice people at Egg insist on giving me cashback for my holiday spendind as well :T :j . As a quick comparison for you, I got between $1.845 & $1.86 to the £ on my holiday spends at the start/mid of November. The rate for $ TC's at the time was $1.85 to the £ - so why would I faff around with TC's when my plastic was working so well for me ?

MTC

Poppy9

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Because you might come home to a surprise on your CC like I did 2 years ago. One company had altered the slip I signed and added $1000 to the charge:eek: . The shop didn't appear to be a crooked little side street shop. Luckily I had my receipt and slip I signed, but it's so easy to misplace them especially as the bill can come in weeks after you come home. Still took 3 months before CC finally wrote to say they were crediting my account back with the $1000. This is why next time we went to Florida we only used CC in places like Walmart, Publix where you key in your pin number. For everything else we used TC.

Bobsworlduk

Poppy9 wrote:

Because you might come home to a surprise on your CC like I did 2 years ago. One company had altered the slip I signed and added $1000 to the charge:eek: . The shop didn't appear to be a crooked little side street shop. Luckily I had my receipt and slip I signed, but it's so easy to misplace them especially as the bill can come in weeks after you come home. Still took 3 months before CC finally wrote to say they were crediting my account back with the $1000. This is why next time we went to Florida we only used CC in places like Walmart, Publix where you key in your pin number. For everything else we used TC.

That's unfortunate, but remember the same could happen anywhere. I wouldn't let one bad experience put me off using my card.