Did you know that if you are traveling abroad, Visa and MasterCard charge issuing banks a standard fee of 1% percent of the total price for items purchased outside the country. This “currency conversion charge” is then passed onto you the customers. For ATM cards, there is the same currency conversion fee. However, they also [...]
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Using your plastic wisely on vacation
Posted by Lisa on July 3rd, 2008
Posted in travel 
Tags: american_express_travel, american_express_travel_services, atm_cards, atm_withdrawal, bank_germany, bank_of_america, barclays_bank, bnp_paribas, bnp_paribas_france, canada, capital_one, capital_one_card, china_construction_bank, currency_conversion_fee, express_travel_services, global_atm, money, santander_serfin_mexico, surprise, travel, westpac_australia, withdrawal_fee, world_customers 
No Comments »Cruises
Posted by Lisa on June 23rd, 2008
I have never been a cruise ever. However, this is one of those things I would love to do. My inlaws went on a Royal Caribbean(I think) cruise several years ago and absolutely loved it. They actually told us that we need to take one ourselves one day, because it was one of the [...]
