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Travelers Channel
Before you go: Departure
- Print "Travelers Currency CheatSheet": this
is a very useful sheet that you can use for quick reference while
abroad to calculate prices in your home currency. (If you need
to find the name of the local currency
used in your destination, use our FXLookup
to do a quick search).
- Order
Currencies and Travelers Checks: make sure to have some local
cash for when you arrive to pay tips and taxi drivers.
(Currently this service is only available to US residents).
- Read Travel
Advisories for your Destination: this
is a collection of the latest travel advisories for over 160 countries.
- Learn
from others: see what our users
are saying about your
destination country in our message boards (FXMessage).
- Travel
Checklist: Print a copy of our
travel checklist. This is a quick list of essentials to check and
pack with you before you go.
- ATM
Locator: Find the closest VISA
ATM to your destination airport or hotel. This can help you save
money in paying extra charges when exchanging currency in a foreign
country.
- Get to know your destination's measurements:
While on Travel
- WAP Converter: Get
the latest currency exchange rates using your mobile phone.
- Pilot Converter:
Download the latest currency exchnage rates into your PDA and
convert currencies, create currency cheatsheet table, use metric
converters with your PDA device.
- City Guide,
travelers destination guide for major cities.
- Weather,
find the latest weather conditions and forecasts all around the
world. Another source for weather.
- Hotels and Vactions at TripAdvisor
Coming back home: Arrival
- Calculate
your Foreign Expenses: Whether you are a business or casual
traveler, you need to know how much you spent in the foreign countries.
Our expense report manager (FXPense) can handle any of the 164
currencies
in the same expense report and generates the results in HTML or
MS® Excel format.
- Share
your experience handling foreign currencies with others in our
message boards (FXMessage).
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