Money Exchange

[Creasemon]

Hey SLP - Besides being an Ottawa Person too , I am heading down in about a month and wondered (short of checking the NCB website each day ) if it was not worth losing $1.25 CAN at todays rate to get the US $$ since I thought they usually gave a better rate if the 2 correncies were almost exactly at par , as they have been lately..Just an opinion that I will throw open to the floor..Thanks

[SLP]

wondered .... if it was not worth losing $1.25 CAN at todays rate to get the US $$ since I thought they usually gave a better rate if the 2 correncies were almost exactly at par , as they have been lately..Just an opinion that I will throw open to the floor..Thanks

I just checked the XE site and today's rate for US is J 90.74 - CDN is J 91.0267. Now we all know that these are not the rates we get but they are close. For the inconvenience of a double exchange I don't find it worth it. That being said, I do use US for my taxi to Negril since the driver prefers them.

Here's a link for you:

http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert/?Amount=1&From=CAD&To=JMD

[HoneyBee]

If the beach Cambio is not open; you can check the chinaman at one of the souvenir shops across the street at Times square. He gives the same exchange.

Just whatever you do DO NOT let those guys outside the cambio (downtown) sway you with their great exchange rates. You will get the five finger discount.