I have used American Express Travel to secure euros. They are cheaper than Travelex but I am told more expensive than a bank. First of all your local bank rate is probably comparable to the rate in the airports at either end of your journey. You can check them out. Just a word of caution If you are pickpocketed which happened to me- thankfully I only had 28 Euros in coins on me you are out of luck. I usually take a minimal amount of cash.
I get about Euros at the airport on the US end because I am well rested and have time to kill but people say you get a better rate at the other end and use credit cards and my ATM when needed. I too had a lot of expenses that I knew way ahead of time We have also used ATM's for the everyday small stuff but when you have large sums like that and you know them ahead of time it is much easier to get the euros and have them ready I even had envelopes with amts and tips for each tour etc.
It was so nice not to have to worry about having to find multiple ATMs since I couldn't get enough out of just one. As for carrying it around, that is what safes are for. Yes, I had to carry it while flying but once at destination, in the safe it went.
And once on the ship -same thing. So please, when someone asks how to get euros ahead of time and they know this is how they want to do it I googled buying euros in Chicago and lots of links came up. Here is one from trip advisor altho it is from but it might help.
I get mine at my local Wells Fargo Bank. My understanding is that most major cities have at least one Wells Fargo Bank money center branch that carries foreign currency. Luckily for me my local branch is one such bank. So call you local banks and ask around. My neighborhood wells fargo branch approx. I usually order pounds or euros depending where i am going.
It is worth adding that you can usually cash these on the ship also, but almost no one else will accept them or cash them, and that includes banks. So be careful of getting more than you need for the tour. My BIL lives in Wheeling. He ordered his euros from Wells Fargo via phone and picked them up a few days later at a WF branch.
Very good exchange rate that was better than ordering them from a local bank or triple A. We were able to charge them to a credit card NOT a cash advance, but a charge that earned us some extra ff miles. I suggest you check with whatever credit card you plan to use to purchase your euros through Wells Fargo.
Although WF claims that they do not treat the purchase as a cash advance, some credit cards reportedly do so anyway. I've read some posts on CC about it and on other sites as well. For example:. I ordered from wells Fargo but thru a link on AAA website. Word of advice, watch the exchange rate and order when it drops. Can you please give me advance notice when the rate will drop?
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