Paying in US dollars

Hi
I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have
just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise
ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states
that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision
depending on the exchange rate.

When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card.
I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing
it that way.

Does anyone know a way round these charges?

We're taking a cruise out of Southampton (not Sea Princess) and have a
similar issue. We've decided to take $ cheques and $ cash (together with
Euros). FWIW - Tesco (Extra Stores) have an exchange bureaux and yesterday
the rate for the $ was 1.922.

HTH - Dave


"speckled hen" <david.holman@talk21.com> wrote in message
news:1176536257.859197.239120@o5g2000hsb. ...
> Hi
> I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have
> just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise
> ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states
> that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision
> depending on the exchange rate.
>
> When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card.
> I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing
> it that way.
>
> Does anyone know a way round these charges?
>

"speckled hen" <david.holman@talk21.com> wrote in message
news:1176536257.859197.239120@o5g2000hsb. ...
> Hi
> I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have
> just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise
> ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states
> that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision
> depending on the exchange rate.
>
> When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card.
> I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing
> it that way.
>
> Does anyone know a way round these charges?
>

Get a Nationwide Visa card and pay your account with that. They charge no
commission at all on "foreign" transactions.

JohnT