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Post by chech on Oct 3, 2014 19:45:20 GMT
This is a great way to have a quick reference to find out how much one currency is in your own currency. You can pick the two currencies and it will print out a wallet sized sheet with amounts ranging, for example, from $1 to $1000 in Canadian currency. (One side will be my currency --> other currency and the other side will be the other currency --> my currency). So, when I go to Columbia, I can look at something that is 40,000 pesos and at a glance, I'll know it is roughly $21 CDN. Or if I go into a shop and know I don't want to spend more than $15 CDN on a t-shirt, I'll look at it and know that I shouldn't go over 27,000 pesos roughly. I wait until a couple days before the tour to print it out to get the most up to date currency rates and then I'll laminate the printed copy. It slips into any wallet or you can keep it in a back pocket and just whip it out when necessary. There are several cheat sheets that you can find just by googling. The one I use is here: www.oanda.com/currency/converter/Just look below the section where you can compare currencies and you'll see a tab for Traveler's Cheat Sheet. I also print off a couple extra because the moment tour mates see me using it, they want it. LOL
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Post by californian on Oct 3, 2014 20:06:45 GMT
If you go to Belarus, prepare to pay thousand of rubles, 1 Canadian dollar is about 9,500 rubles, 1 euro is over 13,000, bought a couple of items that were over 1 million!
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Post by Boop on Oct 3, 2014 20:31:20 GMT
If you go to Belarus, prepare to pay thousand of rubles, 1 Canadian dollar is about 9,500 rubles, 1 euro is over 13,000, bought a couple of items that were over 1 million! Let me guess........your purse was one of the couple of items...lol!!
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Post by Boop on Oct 3, 2014 20:35:28 GMT
I'll second Chech's motion! When I went to Prague (koruna) and Amsterdam (euro) I had one each of the oanda pocket sized laminates for myself and each of the Sherpa's. I also had one for each of us for the British pound because I knew that we weren't leaving Heathrow without some shopping under our belts. These converters were an absolute godsend!! Best tip ever!!
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Post by californian on Oct 3, 2014 23:00:14 GMT
If you go to Belarus, prepare to pay thousand of rubles, 1 Canadian dollar is about 9,500 rubles, 1 euro is over 13,000, bought a couple of items that were over 1 million! Let me guess........your purse was one of the couple of items...lol!! LOL! well my handbag was expensive by my standards, (I only buy them at discount stores) but only about 110 U$S, I am so happy I got it, is very unique; the wheelie was about 142, plus of of course the 3%, buy it was millions in rubles. Other things were inexpensive, I went to a pharmacy to buy a couple of things, they cost just a couple of dollars and I even help a local lady that didn't have enough money, probably another dollar or so, we were leaving and I insisted, I was happy to get rid of the small change.
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Post by Boop on Oct 3, 2014 23:49:45 GMT
Let me guess........your purse was one of the couple of items...lol!! LOL! well my handbag was expensive by my standards, (I only buy them at discount stores) but only about 110 U$S, I am so happy I got it, is very unique; the wheelie was about 142, plus of of course the 3%, buy it was millions in rubles. Other things were inexpensive, I went to a pharmacy to buy a couple of things, they cost just a couple of dollars and I even help a local lady that didn't have enough money, probably another dollar or so, we were leaving and I insisted, I was happy to get rid of the small change. Oh, that was so nice of you cali! I don't think the prices you paid for either handbag or wheelie was exorbitant and what nice keepsakes to have!
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Post by Tulips on Oct 4, 2014 13:05:48 GMT
Yes, these are great. Chech gave some laminated cards last year for my WWI and WWII trip and they were invaluable.
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