Cash or Travellers Cheque on visit to Perth
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Cash or Travellers Cheque on visit to Perth
Hi All,
I'm off to Perth in Novemeber for a research/holiday visit and I was wondering how I should take my money. I've been to the US many times where it's really easy to change travellers cheques but I was wondering if Perth would be the same. Obviously I don't want to take a lot of cash but I suppose I will have to if I can't get the travellers exchanged anywhere other than banks who are going to charge me commission again!
Thanks,
Adrian
I'm off to Perth in Novemeber for a research/holiday visit and I was wondering how I should take my money. I've been to the US many times where it's really easy to change travellers cheques but I was wondering if Perth would be the same. Obviously I don't want to take a lot of cash but I suppose I will have to if I can't get the travellers exchanged anywhere other than banks who are going to charge me commission again!
Thanks,
Adrian
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Location: Perth bound on 25 May 04
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Most international banks (Citibank, HSBC, etc) have worldwide ATM facilities which allow you to draw money in the country you are in. Example : when I was in Australia, I could go to most of the local ATMs (ANZ, etc ) which is easy to find and draw AUD from the ATM and they debit my Citibank account on the same day using their exchange rate. No need for travellers' checks or carrying cash.
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Re: Cash or Travellers Cheque on visit to Perth
Originally posted by alrobson
Hi All,
I'm off to Perth in Novemeber for a research/holiday visit and I was wondering how I should take my money. I've been to the US many times where it's really easy to change travellers cheques but I was wondering if Perth would be the same. Obviously I don't want to take a lot of cash but I suppose I will have to if I can't get the travellers exchanged anywhere other than banks who are going to charge me commission again!
Thanks,
Adrian
Hi All,
I'm off to Perth in Novemeber for a research/holiday visit and I was wondering how I should take my money. I've been to the US many times where it's really easy to change travellers cheques but I was wondering if Perth would be the same. Obviously I don't want to take a lot of cash but I suppose I will have to if I can't get the travellers exchanged anywhere other than banks who are going to charge me commission again!
Thanks,
Adrian