Travellers checks

[Integrity]

Our driver told us the detour on Monday at Hopewell was due to a police shooting. We were stuck in traffic too. Never been held up en route to and from airport.

[Flipadelphia26]

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Time to upgrade your bank.....

Does your hotel room come with a safe? If so, take cash and just hit the cambio when you need JMD. BofA used to allow Scotia transactions with no fees, unfortunately that is no longer the case. I'm getting ready to fire them as this was the only reason I still banked with them. Too many options out there to deal with banks like this. Many banks refund any sort of fees assessed, so take a look around. If you happen to be a veteran look at USAA......

I hate BofA.. If you find a good one let me know. Wells Fargo wont even let me pull from a Scotia ATM.

[mamade11]

I don't know if it helps anyone - but I just signed up with Citibank 360 checking. (the old ING) Free checking, a ton of free atm's everywhere - and International there are
no fees or bank charges at all when on vacation!! I almost signed up with B of A (which I don't like) I had thought they were free - but now they also charge 3%. ouch

[Nancy Marie]

I just got back last night. I stay in the hotel behind the Shamrock and normally cash my travelers checks (and pay for our room) with John at the store. He told me the cambio will not accept them anymore so he can't cash them. I had no problem using them when I was there in January. I had to go to the bank and stand in line 20 minutes then it took at least another 20 minutes to cash them. I guess I'll be using the ATM in the future.

[SandT CHI]

Checked Chase and Fifth Third. Both said its three percent fee plus using a foreign atm fee(3 bucks), plus the fee of the atm I'm using. Assuming the atm fee is also about 3 that means it would be 54 dollars to take out 1000 in four 250 transactions. Got 1000 in checks for 20....Saves a little I guess plus peace of mind = worth it to us

[ohliz]

Is the Scotia ATM at Time Square a "real" bank ATM or a retail ATM, anyone know? I have very low fees for real bank ATMs but the retail ones can charge a lot, like $10US.

[nutz4travel]

It's a ScotiaBank ATM, so yes, a real bank ATM.

[ohliz]

Fantastic, thank you 2nutz4travel!

[Jenn]

We used a AAA travel card for our last two trips. It's like an ATM, but with all the perks of the old TCs. Got money out at ATM in Time Square, no problems. I also took along more cash than we usually carry, just in case. Had our real ATM cards as a back up plan. No problems at all.

[ohliz]

We used a AAA travel card for our last two trips. It's like an ATM, but with all the perks of the old TCs. Got money out at ATM in Time Square, no problems

What fees were charged, if any? Not from AAA, that's free I believe, but from the ATM?