Conversations about money

[dancerjodi]

This post http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2009/02/23/outside-looking-in-how-others-view-our-spending/ gets into discussions with friends about money and the 'you can't have it all' idea.

We have now paid for our Italy trip in full. How do you traveler's decide what to bring for spending/meals/entertainment? Some of our meals and tickets are included in the package, though not all of them are.

Comments

[pir.livejournal.com]

I don't plan money for trips and almost never bother changing money ahead of time (it helps that I have a small stock of cash for most of the countries I visit semi-regularly).

Generally I get money out of an ATM in that country for my cash needs, I just try to do it in large enough batches to minimise the fees (or if I go out to dinner with a large group who are payingin cash using them as a cash machine) and spending as much as I can directly onto a credit card. Unfortunately some cards are upping their fees for foreign transactions now, something to check beforehand.