Re: [at-l] Traveller's Checks?

[dlc <dlc@nrtw.org>]

I don't know if you NEED traveller's checks, but I used them as my primary 
money and found them very handy (if you have them in small enough 
increments).  The problem with just a debit card type thing is that more 
than a couple of these towns don't have ATMs.  While that isn't a problem 
most of the time, since most places do allow credit cards, it can be 
difficult with the hostels and such in the north not to have actual cash or 
something related.  There was only one place I ever went into that didn't 
take traveller's checks - the bakery/market type watchamacallit in DWG.

--Sometime

At 12:45 PM 2/7/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Let's talk about dinero...
>
>Do I need traveller's checks, ya think? Could I get by with simply a debit 
>card that I use for ATM withdrawals as well as credit card transactions? 
>Has anyone ever been in a really bad situation due to not having the right 
>FORM of money?
>
>Kristen


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