How much cash?

[mick]

Originally Posted by *jovi_girl*

I take all mine in cash.

I have it all divided into our daily budget which will be $40 for travel, $20 for each of the boys, $150-200 daily for food and $50 a day for me .

I know most people would say I’m stupid but I’ve done it every single holiday I’ve been on without fail and it’s what works best for me

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We certainly wouldn't say you're stupid as we do very much the same.

Our daily "allowance" for two 70+ year olds is $100. That covers breakfast at the likes of Bob Evans, Cracker Barrel or IHOP and dinners at Longhorn, Bonefish, Carrabba's or similar. We have a daily envelope and what's left goes into a kitty envelope. We use cash for all restaurants, gas and supermarket shopping. May use CC at B&BW or Macys now and again.

Take around $1,500 to start with (we go for 4 weeks now ) and top up at Wawa.

I've seen on here Dibbers having trouble with pre-loaded cards but I've never had a sales assistant saying "Some crazy guy from the UK has tried to pay with some strange bits of paper with a picture of George Washington on it"

Mick

[Kinggie]

We are going to change £500 equivalent for cash I think. It will take the load off the Halifax clarity card where everything else is going on.

[PENNYC]

Thanks for the input everyone. Next question where do you get your cash from for the best rate? As £500 cash is not a huge amount do you just use your local travel agents?

[Smilesonfaces]

I always check on moneysaving expert
travelmoney.moneysavingexper...holiday-money/
Also use The Money Shop as they usually have good rates.
I find the travel agents to be the worst rate usually.
We also do cash divided in to separate envelopes for each day.

[Kinggie]

Originally Posted by PENNYC

Thanks for the input everyone. Next question where do you get your cash from for the best rate? As £500 cash is not a huge amount do you just use your local travel agents?

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We usualky use Debenhams as we get a slightly better rate as cardholder

[Just_Pete]

I have now gone pretty much Cash free. On my first of Last Years trips, I did completely cash free. But that trip involved a little more off site, and needed to borrow a few dollars of my friends for tips etc.

On my last two, I have taken just minimal cash and done everything on Monzo. I think I ended up making one small cash withdrawal on my last trip. No more than $120.

[princess allie]

We always took cash and travellers cheques. This year is the first time using a pre loaded card. I have changed up $200 to get us started, but I will be drawing cash out and dividing it up into daily spends as we always have done. I like having a set amount per day and carrying over any left. It’s what I have always done, so I’ll stick to it.

[Andybear]

Originally Posted by PENNYC

Thanks for the input everyone. Next question where do you get your cash from for the best rate? As £500 cash is not a huge amount do you just use your local travel agents?

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I've got my cash from John Lewis. I ordered it on line then picked it up from my local Waitrose a couple of days later.

[Ridersmom]

I am an American mother and remember 15 years ago not being happy when my boys were flying back and forth to their universities without a cent in cash and pushing $20. in their pockets. (one went to school 450 miles away, one 1900 miles.)

I have since gotten to agree with them. There really is no need for cash. I carry my trusty debit card and a credit card for a car rental and have never needed cash. I can't think of any place I would be that only took cash and swiping/inserting a card is much faster and wasier.

[Guest]

We are going in 12 days (!) and I have just ordered and collected from Post Office £500 in dollars. We are 2 adults and 2 teens (with 2 more adults and 2 more teens). The boys have their own spending money in $ already. We are in a villa and will be using Halifax credit card and pay it off when we get back. The £500 in $ is just really for parking, icecreams, fuel and other incidentals where you can't or don't want to use a card. I am wary of buying fuel with a c/c when you have to prepay, once got charged twice and couldn't recover it.