Up to last April we always took AE TCs which we receive at no cost to us but after hearing so many complain about problems with using them, we opted to spend the last extra thousand of TCs we had and then swap over to CCs and cash. I have to say, we had no problem whatsoever in using the travel checks at major supermarkets, restaurants and at the various casinos, not to mention using them at our favorite jewelry stores.

I still feel more comfortable carrying TCs over cash and I'm not particularly hot on the idea of cash advances from the various island ATMs after hearing of so many having problems with them.

Perhaps it's an age thing and old habits dying hard, but I really am happier in general with travel checks and had no problem whatsoever in spending that last thousand! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />