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Holiday Travel: Dollars and Sense

Forking over cash to pay for your vacation is often just the first of many times you will be dipping into your wallet for your family trip. If you are traveling domestically, but especially if you are traveling internationally, there are some tips you should consider employing to help ensure that you don’t get ripped off. Here are a few: · Educate yourself. Spend some time learning about the currency of the region in which you are visiting. In most cases, it’s really not that different from American currency—typically there’s one “big” denomination made up of 100 smaller denominations. If … Continue reading →

What To Do With Leftover Foreign Currency

Whenever my parents come back from a trip abroad they send my daughter their leftover change. I usually let her look at it for a bit then throw it in the “junk drawer” where it will sit until the next time we move. If you are like my parents, no matter how hard you try, inevitably you end up leaving a foreign country with leftover change. Most money exchangers only accept paper money, plus you lose money every time you exchange it due to commissions and the rate spreads. And who can really figure out the trick of exchanging EXACTLY … Continue reading →