spearmint Posted September 9, 2015 #1 Share Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) (1) I have seen wine lists published on these boards; can anyone direct me to a thread that shows them with prices? (2) Not having used traveller's cheques for some years, I wonder if anyone has had any problem using them at hotels, stores etc. as well as paying the on-board bill? With the horrible CDN exchange rate, it is simply too expensive to put everything on our charge card as we usually do. So I am going to bring American money with me only using traveller's cheques instead of cash. I figure to save over $800. Bill Edited September 9, 2015 by spearmint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted September 9, 2015 #2 Share Posted September 9, 2015 You may be put of luck at stores, I would call your hotel to see what they say, but you will be able to use your travelers checks on board the ship to settle that account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHEZMARYLOU Posted September 9, 2015 #3 Share Posted September 9, 2015 If you want to use them in ports, Celebrity will cash them for you so that you have cash for the shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted September 9, 2015 #4 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Celebrity will cash them but many stores and hotels will not deal with them anymore. ATMs. are much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Aurora Posted September 9, 2015 #5 Share Posted September 9, 2015 (1) ............So I am going to bring American money with me only using traveller's cheques instead of cash. I figure to save over $800. Bill Are your traveller's checks denominated in American dollars? If they are then Guest Relations will cash them for you with no transaction charge. A US$100 traveller's check will be cashed for US$100 currency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spearmint Posted September 10, 2015 Author #6 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Are your traveller's checks denominated in American dollars? If they are then Guest Relations will cash them for you with no transaction charge. A US$100 traveller's check will be cashed for US$100 currency. 'Yes, they will be in American; otherwise, I would just put everything on my charge card in Canadian. The cost for $100 would be $136 with another 2.5% for exchange by the charge card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spearmint Posted September 10, 2015 Author #7 Share Posted September 10, 2015 You may be put of luck at stores, I would call your hotel to see what they say, but you will be able to use your travelers checks on board the ship to settle that account. I am going to call our pre-and post-cruise hotels for sure. I can take cash, but it would be so much safer to take the t. cheques. We have one night pre-cruise and three nights post-cruise, plus the onboard expenses from the cruise itself. That's a hefty chunk of change to have in cash; hence the t. cheques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemistry Teach Posted September 10, 2015 #8 Share Posted September 10, 2015 We have encountered what others have said. We had a hotel say that they couldn't take a Travelers Check because they didn't have enough cash to make change but I had not called ahead to check to check. (This was about 4 years ago in the Southern US.) We also found that banks (not the one we use) were hesitant to cash one and at one bank the teller, a young lady, didn't even know what they were. We have however used them on cruise ships since and had no trouble. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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