Vegas Q&A: How Should I Pay For Everything?
UPDATED: 10:51 am CDT June 7, 2005
Question: What's the best advice you have about travelers bringing money? Should we use cash? Traveler's checks? Credit cards? What about exchanging currency? Thanks!Donna in Alberta, Canada
Answer: When planning a trip to Vegas my advice is to budget your entertainment, food and hotel money in one column, and use a credit card to cover it. Then, put your gambling budget in another column and bring cash or traveler's checks to cover that.Bring only the one credit card. Leave your ATM card, all other traveler checks, your checkbook and all but maybe a small store of emergency cash at home.If you keep your gambling budget separate from everything else, it's a lot easier to keep track of exactly how much money you're losing in the casino. Plus, if you have the fortitude to do so, you can stand by the mantra that once your gambling budget is gone, you stop gambling. If you don't have the fortitude to do that, leaving the ATM card and everything else at home will keep you from running to the cash machine to increase that particular line item.As far as exchanging currency, you can do that all over town, including at many of the major hotel casinos. Different places take different currencies, but I think everyone will cover Canadian dollars, so you should be fine.I hope this helps. Have a great trip.If you have a question you'd like to submit, click here.
Answer: When planning a trip to Vegas my advice is to budget your entertainment, food and hotel money in one column, and use a credit card to cover it. Then, put your gambling budget in another column and bring cash or traveler's checks to cover that.Bring only the one credit card. Leave your ATM card, all other traveler checks, your checkbook and all but maybe a small store of emergency cash at home.If you keep your gambling budget separate from everything else, it's a lot easier to keep track of exactly how much money you're losing in the casino. Plus, if you have the fortitude to do so, you can stand by the mantra that once your gambling budget is gone, you stop gambling. If you don't have the fortitude to do that, leaving the ATM card and everything else at home will keep you from running to the cash machine to increase that particular line item.As far as exchanging currency, you can do that all over town, including at many of the major hotel casinos. Different places take different currencies, but I think everyone will cover Canadian dollars, so you should be fine.I hope this helps. Have a great trip.If you have a question you'd like to submit, click here.The Full Story
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