Orlando hols..how to carry money and pay for things.

shamac

Off to Orlando soonish, we have £2500 saved as spending money-family of 4, 2 kids (young teenagers who will have their own spending money). How would you split the money for safety/ease of use.

1 How much cash would you have?
2 Husband has a corporate Amex card, could pay for things on that then pay it back with the money when we return? We also have a Visa card and a Mastercard which we could use if needed.

Or-we could get one of the pre-pay cards from the travel agent and stick the money on there??

Best way to take cash out without being stung??

We have our park tickets, car paid for, it is just money for food, casual spending, what would you do? Thanks.

Murphy_The_Cat

Credit card for everything that I possibly could do. But you will need some cash for the (few) places that don't accept CC's. Have a look at the 'spending abroard' section above for the best CC's to use. £200/$300 in cash for nick nacks would be plenty.

Bob_the_Saver

£200/$300 in cash for nick nacks would be plenty :eek:

In these hard times I'd cut out the nacks and just stick to the nicks

claire16c

I agree with above. Couple of hundred in cash for tips and snacks, and you can always get more out of an ATM if needed. Put the rest on a card. I use my airmiles one to help earn miles for my next holiday

Bob_the_Saver

claire16c wrote: »

I agree with above. Couple of hundred in cash for tips and snacks, and you can always get more out of an ATM if needed. Put the rest on a card. I use my airmiles one to help earn miles for my next holiday

Never tip, they take it as an insult, well they seemed insulted by the one and only tip I gave.

DalePie

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

Never tip, they take it as an insult, well they seemed insulted by the one and only tip I gave.

Tipping is a way of life in America. Bar staff and waitresses tend to get paid very little in the US (They don't have min wage, NHS health care or lots of the things we take for granted here) so its custom to give them a tip at the end. It's part of their culture.

You don't have to give much but I would say please do try and give something. If you think the poor over here in blighty get treated harsh you want to see Republican work policy . They even think our NHS is socialism gone mad lmao!

Anyway! Hope the OP has a fab time! :beer:

jackieblack

DalePie wrote: »

Tipping is a way of life in America. Bar staff and waitresses tend to get paid very little in the US (They don't have min wage, NHS health care or lots of the things we take for granted here) so its custom to give them a tip at the end. It's part of their culture.

You don't have to give much but I would say please do try and give something. If you think the poor over here in blighty get treated harsh you want to see Republican work policy . They even think our NHS is socialism gone mad lmao!

Anyway! Hope the OP has a fab time! :beer:

You're not familiar with 'Bob The Saver's 'sense of humour' I take it

callum9999

DalePie wrote: »

Tipping is a way of life in America. Bar staff and waitresses tend to get paid very little in the US (They don't have min wage, NHS health care or lots of the things we take for granted here) so its custom to give them a tip at the end. It's part of their culture.

You don't have to give much but I would say please do try and give something. If you think the poor over here in blighty get treated harsh you want to see Republican work policy . They even think our NHS is socialism gone mad lmao!

Anyway! Hope the OP has a fab time! :beer:

It's customary so you have no choice really (unless you want an irate waiter chasing you down the street to "remind" you that you didn't tip - it does happen!) but the "poor little waiter/waitress" thing is severely overplayed - particularly bar staff. The people I know who work behind bars in America make almost $500 on Friday/Saturday nights in tips alone!

Murphy_The_Cat

callum9999 wrote: »

It's customary so you have no choice really (unless you want an irate waiter chasing you down the street to "remind" you that you didn't tip - it does happen!) but the "poor little waiter/waitress" thing is severely overplayed - particularly bar staff. The people I know who work behind bars in America make almost $500 on Friday/Saturday nights in tips alone!

On the one and only time tha I got poor service on my recent trip I left a 82c tip on a $52.18 bill.
Don't feel obliged to hand over yuour hard earned money to people, if they haven't provided a service that warrants it.

Murphy_The_Cat

DalePie wrote: »

They even think our NHS is socialism gone mad lmao!

It is though, isn't it ? (they believe that the NHS is free and isn't paid for by anyone -- if you talk about things like emplyee/employer National Insurance, 20% VAT, high tax rates, red tape and a comparatively high cost of living, they become beused !)

mcfisco

(They don't have min wage, NHS health care or lots of the things we take for granted here)

They don't have minimum wage?
Of course they do, the fair labour act or something - started back in FDRs days in the 1930s
Long before we had a universal minimum wage

Fail to tip at you peril though, not sure about the state but the Fed will tax restaurant workers on presumed tips.