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29-03-2005, 01.17.05
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Re: $15000 - how long can i spend in europe?
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:18:24 +0000 (UTC), Juliana L Holm
<jholm@osf1.gmu.edu> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Earl Evleth <evleth@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I would not worry about carrying a couple of thousand in cash but $15000
>> is unreasonable. Everybody uses money machines now.[/color]
>
>How many people also makes a difference.
>
>in 2001 we went to Germany on vacation and took about $12,000 in travelers'
>checks (in Deutschmarks.) We had travelers' checks because we'd had some
>extra money in late 1999 and early 2000, and since the dollar was really hight
>vs the DM then, we decided to buy the travelers' checks assuming that the
>exchange rate was unlikely to be better.
>
>We were going to Germany for a wedding (my brothers) and staying more than
>3 weeks, so the amount was not unreasonable.
>
>We guessed right, and the value of our checks rose before we travelled (indeed,
>we ended up having at least $2000 worth left over at the end).
>
>But to the point of this discussion, since there were 5 of us, even though the
>travelers' checks were in our name (Mom and Dad) there was no problem. It's
>a threshold per person.[/color]
The limits apply to cash; travelers checks are not cash.
************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
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29-03-2005, 01.17.05
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Re: $15000 - how long can i spend in europe?
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:18:24 +0000 (UTC), Juliana L Holm
<jholm@osf1.gmu.edu> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Earl Evleth <evleth@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I would not worry about carrying a couple of thousand in cash but $15000
>> is unreasonable. Everybody uses money machines now.[/color]
>
>How many people also makes a difference.
>
>in 2001 we went to Germany on vacation and took about $12,000 in travelers'
>checks (in Deutschmarks.) We had travelers' checks because we'd had some
>extra money in late 1999 and early 2000, and since the dollar was really hight
>vs the DM then, we decided to buy the travelers' checks assuming that the
>exchange rate was unlikely to be better.
>
>We were going to Germany for a wedding (my brothers) and staying more than
>3 weeks, so the amount was not unreasonable.
>
>We guessed right, and the value of our checks rose before we travelled (indeed,
>we ended up having at least $2000 worth left over at the end).
>
>But to the point of this discussion, since there were 5 of us, even though the
>travelers' checks were in our name (Mom and Dad) there was no problem. It's
>a threshold per person.[/color]
The limits apply to cash; travelers checks are not cash.
************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
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29-03-2005, 01.17.05
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Re: $15000 - how long can i spend in europe?
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:18:24 +0000 (UTC), Juliana L Holm
<jholm@osf1.gmu.edu> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Earl Evleth <evleth@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I would not worry about carrying a couple of thousand in cash but $15000
>> is unreasonable. Everybody uses money machines now.[/color]
>
>How many people also makes a difference.
>
>in 2001 we went to Germany on vacation and took about $12,000 in travelers'
>checks (in Deutschmarks.) We had travelers' checks because we'd had some
>extra money in late 1999 and early 2000, and since the dollar was really hight
>vs the DM then, we decided to buy the travelers' checks assuming that the
>exchange rate was unlikely to be better.
>
>We were going to Germany for a wedding (my brothers) and staying more than
>3 weeks, so the amount was not unreasonable.
>
>We guessed right, and the value of our checks rose before we travelled (indeed,
>we ended up having at least $2000 worth left over at the end).
>
>But to the point of this discussion, since there were 5 of us, even though the
>travelers' checks were in our name (Mom and Dad) there was no problem. It's
>a threshold per person.[/color]
The limits apply to cash; travelers checks are not cash.
************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
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29-03-2005, 01.17.05
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Re: $15000 - how long can i spend in europe?
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:18:24 +0000 (UTC), Juliana L Holm
<jholm@osf1.gmu.edu> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Earl Evleth <evleth@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I would not worry about carrying a couple of thousand in cash but $15000
>> is unreasonable. Everybody uses money machines now.[/color]
>
>How many people also makes a difference.
>
>in 2001 we went to Germany on vacation and took about $12,000 in travelers'
>checks (in Deutschmarks.) We had travelers' checks because we'd had some
>extra money in late 1999 and early 2000, and since the dollar was really hight
>vs the DM then, we decided to buy the travelers' checks assuming that the
>exchange rate was unlikely to be better.
>
>We were going to Germany for a wedding (my brothers) and staying more than
>3 weeks, so the amount was not unreasonable.
>
>We guessed right, and the value of our checks rose before we travelled (indeed,
>we ended up having at least $2000 worth left over at the end).
>
>But to the point of this discussion, since there were 5 of us, even though the
>travelers' checks were in our name (Mom and Dad) there was no problem. It's
>a threshold per person.[/color]
The limits apply to cash; travelers checks are not cash.
************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
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