 Poster: A snowHead
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Lucky me am off to Canada this coming weekend.Normally I buy my Euro's from the post office and was going to do the same for Canadian dollars however my friend tells me its best to exchange when I get there? Does anybody have any thoughts on this or where I may get a better rate in the UK?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Convenience is more important to me.
Go to cash machine, get money out. Messing around in a post office to save what I imagine is less than the cost of a pint doesn't seem worth the hassle and time.
Of course, I could have got it wrong and am wasting hundreds of holiday!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Is what I normally do, but for Canada some ATMs wouldn't accept my cards (was quite a few years back though). Not exactly a major issue in Halifax, but may be an issue somewhere slightly more remote.
Now got a stupid V-Pay card, so that's only usable in EU.
Now need some CHF to replenish my supplies, and have to resort to legacy methods of currency exchange 
So worth having a few CAD handy.
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Cash tills will accept all UK international cards - most bear the Visa/MasterCard/Maestro logo. If you have only the Switch logo, then it might not work.
Check your card isn't an expensive one - I went once with someone that had a Halifa card, it cost £1.50 for every transaction. Other than that, getting cash out of the machine is generally the easiest and cheapest way. That said, I usually only get a few hundred because I pay for most stuff by card. Unlike the US, they have a chip and pin type system (well, swipe and pin) called "Interac" - paying is just as easy as at home.
To be honest, I've never seen the logic in getting a whole wedge of "holiday money" and carting it around; it's just an unnecessary risk. At home I normally only carry £20-£50, so would do the same with Euro or CAD. Paying by card is normally cheaper than taking out cash anyway.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Canada accepts UK Credit cards everywhere. when you use a credit card to pay for goods or services you will benefit from a better exchange rate than you get for cash in the UK. ATMs are all over the place so getting extra cash is a doddle. probably best to get some cash in the UK and do the crest on a credit card.
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