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Best Denominations US $$ to Bring
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02/16/2016 07:38 AM
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I have viewed several posts on $$ vs. credit cards, but wanted to get feedback on best dollar denominations to bring with us. We will be mainly spending $$ on meals on French side to get 1 for 1. Otherwise, we have a foreign transaction-free CC. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Best Denominations US $$ to Bring
[Re: Spltatms1957]
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02/16/2016 07:43 AM
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You will want an overall assortment of denominations. Smaller bills for tips, etc. and I have never had a problem using larger bills in restaurants. Once in a while you will see a sign indicating they do not accept UD $50 or $100 but that is usually smaller places.
When on the French side you will likely get your best exchange rate (or 1:1) when using cash and I doubt denomination will be a problem..
Not sure if I am reading your post right about the credit card and fee. If you want to consider a card without the foreign fee, Discover does not charge the fee and neither does Capital One.
J.D.
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Re: Best Denominations US $$ to Bring
[Re: Spltatms1957]
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02/16/2016 12:13 PM
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We bring an assortment of bills, but mostly 100's especially for dining at night. Gourmet dinners are always over 100 at the best restaurants. Even beach days at the really good beach restaurants will be at least that much or more for spending the day there, chairs, umbrellas and lunch with drinks.
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Re: Best Denominations US $$ to Bring
[Re: JimCandD]
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02/16/2016 12:27 PM
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JimCandD said: We bring a pack of 5's and the rest 20's. The fives are for various tips and the 20's for meal purchases and trinkets. We use our Capital One for the lodging and rental car. Take more than one type of card in case one gets compromised. Hard to overstate the importance of taking multiple cards.
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Re: Best Denominations US $$ to Bring
[Re: Spltatms1957]
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02/16/2016 03:09 PM
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Spltatms1957 said:I have viewed several posts on $$ vs. credit cards, but wanted to get feedback on best dollar denominations to bring with us. We will be mainly spending $$ on meals on French side to get 1 for 1. Otherwise, we have a foreign transaction-free CC. Thanks in advance. If I'm reading this right, your cc does NOT have any associated foreign exchange fees. When we used TCs almost exclusively, we only brought $100 denominations and once we started the change over from TCs to cash, we carry the bulk of our cash in $100 and $50 denominations just to avoid a lot of bulk in our wallets. That said, we usually do bring about $200 in miscellaneous denominations, including about 5-10 dollars in singles and a bunch of five dollar bills for tips for bellmen, and for the maids and such. I haven't been to a restaurant or a jewelry store yet that has a problem with larger bills and even the larger grocery stores accept them without issue along with credit cards.
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Re: Best Denominations US $$ to Bring
[Re: biglar]
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02/17/2016 08:32 PM
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Really? That seems dumb to me, as then folks will start forging $50 more. $100 are much more convenient, if you need to carry a larger amount of money.
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Re: Best Denominations US $$ to Bring
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02/17/2016 09:46 PM
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Yes, $100's are much easier to buy a bottle of Dom with. So are you buying?
Rah Rah Rasputin They put some poison into his wine He drank it all and said "I feel fine"
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Re: Best Denominations US $$ to Bring
[Re: Rasputin]
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02/17/2016 09:50 PM
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Not me, been a couple of years since I have been down for Regatta, so the Dom is on you! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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