My experience with Canadian money
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From: Marcia on 10 Jul 2010 16:17 I thought this might help, unless things have changed a lot since the last time I was in Canada. I returned to the States with over $12 in Canadian coins...including several dollar coins...when I went to Calgary around 15 years ago. I discovered at that time that I could convert paper money back to US dollars but not coins. I brought the coins back to Victoria with me this trip, used $7 to pay for the shuttle into town and some of the rest to make up the difference paying for the few small things I bought in town. Every place we went into took American money but only gave change back in Canadian. By the time we were waiting in line to board the shuttle back to the ship, I realized if I wanted to run in and buy a drink, all I had at that point were 20 dollar bills. Had I thought about it sooner, I would have made sure to bring lots of singles with me! Marcia
From: Stu on 10 Jul 2010 17:34 On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:17:02 -0700, Marcia <Marcia(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: >I thought this might help, unless things have changed a lot since the >last time I was in Canada. > >I returned to the States with over $12 in Canadian coins...including >several dollar coins...when I went to Calgary around 15 years ago. I >discovered at that time that I could convert paper money back to US >dollars but not coins. I brought the coins back to Victoria with me >this trip, used $7 to pay for the shuttle into town and some of the rest >to make up the difference paying for the few small things I bought in >town. Every place we went into took American money but only gave change >back in Canadian. By the time we were waiting in line to board the >shuttle back to the ship, I realized if I wanted to run in and buy a >drink, all I had at that point were 20 dollar bills. Had I thought >about it sooner, I would have made sure to bring lots of singles with me! > >Marcia Our two monies are almost at par, so if you gave them American money, you'd expect to get Canadian back. Would you expect American change in Mexico, Spain or Italy? Singles are a good idea though.
From: Ari Silverstein on 10 Jul 2010 19:01 On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:34:34 -0500, Stu wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:17:02 -0700, Marcia > <Marcia(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: > >>I thought this might help, unless things have changed a lot since the >>last time I was in Canada. >> >>I returned to the States with over $12 in Canadian coins...including >>several dollar coins...when I went to Calgary around 15 years ago. I >>discovered at that time that I could convert paper money back to US >>dollars but not coins. I brought the coins back to Victoria with me >>this trip, used $7 to pay for the shuttle into town and some of the rest >>to make up the difference paying for the few small things I bought in >>town. Every place we went into took American money but only gave change >>back in Canadian. By the time we were waiting in line to board the >>shuttle back to the ship, I realized if I wanted to run in and buy a >>drink, all I had at that point were 20 dollar bills. Had I thought >>about it sooner, I would have made sure to bring lots of singles with me! >> >>Marcia > > Our two monies are almost at par, so if you gave them American money, > you'd expect to get Canadian back. Would you expect American change in > Mexico, Spain or Italy? That was not a nice way of calling this nice lady stupid, Stu. -- Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services Sign up for special email deals @ www.CruiseQuick.com - able to offer some of the lowest prices and best value added in the industry. (not affiliated)
From: Marcia on 10 Jul 2010 21:04 Stu wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:17:02 -0700, Marcia > <Marcia(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: > >> I thought this might help, unless things have changed a lot since the >> last time I was in Canada. >> >> I returned to the States with over $12 in Canadian coins...including >> several dollar coins...when I went to Calgary around 15 years ago. I >> discovered at that time that I could convert paper money back to US >> dollars but not coins. I brought the coins back to Victoria with me >> this trip, used $7 to pay for the shuttle into town and some of the rest >> to make up the difference paying for the few small things I bought in >> town. Every place we went into took American money but only gave change >> back in Canadian. By the time we were waiting in line to board the >> shuttle back to the ship, I realized if I wanted to run in and buy a >> drink, all I had at that point were 20 dollar bills. Had I thought >> about it sooner, I would have made sure to bring lots of singles with me! >> >> Marcia > > Our two monies are almost at par, so if you gave them American money, > you'd expect to get Canadian back. Would you expect American change in > Mexico, Spain or Italy? Singles are a good idea though. Just saying you can't exchange the change when you get back home, so I wish I had some small bills with me to buy a drink with while waiting for the shuttle bus back to the ship. I didn't want to end up with a lot of Canadian money again that I can't use here. Marcia
From: Jack on 10 Jul 2010 23:35
Marcia Be careful when using US Money. I won't use the word cheat, but if you take canadian coins in change for American dollars, you are being short changed. US Dollars are worth more than Canadian Dollars. That could add up enough in one day to make a good difference to them. Jack On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:17:02 -0700, Marcia <Marcia(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: >I thought this might help, unless things have changed a lot since the >last time I was in Canada. > >I returned to the States with over $12 in Canadian coins...including >several dollar coins...when I went to Calgary around 15 years ago. I >discovered at that time that I could convert paper money back to US >dollars but not coins. I brought the coins back to Victoria with me >this trip, used $7 to pay for the shuttle into town and some of the rest >to make up the difference paying for the few small things I bought in >town. Every place we went into took American money but only gave change >back in Canadian. By the time we were waiting in line to board the >shuttle back to the ship, I realized if I wanted to run in and buy a >drink, all I had at that point were 20 dollar bills. Had I thought >about it sooner, I would have made sure to bring lots of singles with me! > >Marcia |