US ($) Currency Thread 1 (closed - use thread 2)

jackieblack

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

sounds great
mine are 10 & 5, so would like to wait until the youngest is a bit more interested in such things

I don't blame you.
Better if they're old enough to appreciate it all.

even better if they're old enough to save up their own spending money!!

louby_lou

jonathanrichardson69 wrote: »

i'm going to california, we land in LA, have 5 days there going to Disney and Universal, then drive to Palm springs for 2 days of relaxing in a spa. then we drive to Las Vegas, for 3 nights in a suite at the Bellagio, then we drive to Yosemite, stopping at death valley for 1 night as its quite a long way. then we finish off with 4 nights in san fransisco. doing things like helicopter trips etc down the canyon. won't be doing much shopping if the rate stays as crap as this. (if you have any dollars left, please let me buy them off you )

ooh i'm going lots of the same places as you - we land in LA then head down to Indio for the Coachella festival (third time for me now!) for a week, then up to LA for some shopping, then drive up to Yosemite for a couple of days followed by a short flight to Vegas and a week in the Bellagio.

My annual morale boost. And financial hemmorage. :eek:

neilbond007

i'm going to sound like a right boring git now... but here goes...

been to san diego zoo. was a very good day out!
my wifes first weekend away was to chester zoo. so it was kind of like for old times sake!
we stayed in la jolla instead on san diego. £180 a night for a "boutique" hotel. overpriced crap if you ask me

had a converitble cars (sebring and mustang). drove from san fran - LA - Vegas in it. superb. but you'll have to put 1 case in the boot and 1 on the back seat!
sebring was very good. mustang was awful!!
i always book with airline-network.com... book economy 2 door and always get upgrade to a mid size 4 door (american's don't do 2 door economy)

PS i'm 36 going on 22

inspector_monkfish

cable diving to 1.3725

Blink_Eden

neilbond007 wrote: »

PS i'm 36 going on 22

Neil - I am getting very worried - I am 36 and used to go to school with someone called Neil Bond - you didn't go too school in Oxfordshire did you?

(Actually, he was a few months older than me, he should have turned 37 by now!!)

neilbond007

Blink_Eden wrote: »

Neil - I am getting very worried - I am 36 and used to go to school with someone called Neil Bond - you didn't go too school in Oxfordshire did you?

(Actually, he was a few months older than me, he should have turned 37 by now!!)

yes!

actually, no. i'm not posh enough for oxfordshire... i'm a commoner from up north

Blink_Eden

neilbond007 wrote: »

yes!

actually, no. i'm not posh enough for oxfordshire... i'm a commoner from up north

Trust me, it wasn't a posh part of Oxfordshire

Shall we get back to the dollar?

bbc is showing $1.37350.

Worth mentioning on here that Nationwide still do free use of their cash cards abroad, at the VISA rate, so that is what I will be doing for cash next month (Nationwide current AC). And have just applied for the Nationwide Gold Credit Card which is free to use abroad as well, and with 3 months interest free on purchases in means that I won't get stung any more than I have to on the exchange rate.

jackieblack

Blink_Eden wrote: »

Worth mentioning on here that Nationwide still do free use of their cash cards abroad, at the VISA rate, so that is what I will be doing for cash next month (Nationwide current AC). And have just applied for the Nationwide Gold Credit Card which is free to use abroad as well, and with 3 months interest free on purchases in means that I won't get stung any more than I have to on the exchange rate.

Sorry if I'm the bearer of bad news.....but only until May/June

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1516401&highlight=NATIONWIDE

Still cheaper than most though!

jackieblack

louby_lou wrote: »

My annual morale boost. And financial hemmorage. :eek:

Ain't that the truth! :eek:

neilbond007

oooh... we're having a bit of a spurt now! 1.38 any second now!
jeez.. i can't believe that is exciting me nowadays..