Canadian Dollars & Port Visits

Hi all

We'll be doing an Alaska cruise in May and will make a stop in Victoria
along the way. Last port in our journey is Vancouver. Is it wise to take
along a few Canadian $$ when visiting these cities or will U.S. currency do?
Thanx

Steve

"Steve S." <2lanikai@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> We'll be doing an Alaska cruise in May and will make a stop in Victoria
> along the way. Last port in our journey is Vancouver. Is it wise to take
> along a few Canadian $$ when visiting these cities or will U.S. currency
do?
> Thanx
>
> Steve
U.S. currency will work fine. The last thing Canadians want is Canadian
money.

You can use US dollars, but probably at a poor exchange. Use credit cards for
larger purchases.

> U.S. currency will work fine. The last thing Canadians want is Canadian
> money.

You obviously know NOTHING about Canada or Canadians.

S

I own a campground in central B.C. ...We get a lot of US travellers
stopping by enroute to Alaska. When they ask our price, and we tell them
they usually say: "Is that in US dollars?" ?!? Reminds me of when I
was travelling somewhere south of Reno a few years back. I stopped for
lunch at a KFC there. There was a huge line-up. I started a conversation
with this woman in front of me --Told her where I was from. Then when I
questioned her as to why the huge line-up, she told me that this was the
grand opening of the KFC there. ....Then she added: "I guess you don't
have these things up where you come from." Duh... Doesn't she know we
all live in igloos here??

US dollars are accepted everywhere in B.C.; however, the exchange can
vary greatly from business to business. Usually, the chain stores offer
the best exchange, simply because they receive the largest influx of US
cash, and thus deposit at the current exchange rate.

...I would suggest you either use a credit card (yes, they are
accepted in Canada), or exchange some US cash at a bank, or use a
banking machine. (There's the odd one of these kicking around up here
too.)

Incidentally, there is no exchange paid on US change. ...I know from
experience that if one so much as dares to pull out a Canadian penny in
the US, it's like the crucifixes come out; however, up here, the coins
are all inter-mixed, and all classed as Canadian currency. ...Jon

Canada...Isn't that the country whose military just filed bankruptcy?



<Johnny1000@> wrote in message
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> I own a campground in central B.C. ...We get a lot of US travellers
> stopping by enroute to Alaska. When they ask our price, and we tell them
> they usually say: "Is that in US dollars?" ?!? Reminds me of when I
> was travelling somewhere south of Reno a few years back. I stopped for
> lunch at a KFC there. There was a huge line-up. I started a conversation
> with this woman in front of me --Told her where I was from. Then when I
> questioned her as to why the huge line-up, she told me that this was the
> grand opening of the KFC there. ....Then she added: "I guess you don't
> have these things up where you come from." Duh... Doesn't she know we
> all live in igloos here??
>
> US dollars are accepted everywhere in B.C.; however, the exchange can
> vary greatly from business to business. Usually, the chain stores offer
> the best exchange, simply because they receive the largest influx of US
> cash, and thus deposit at the current exchange rate.
>
> ...I would suggest you either use a credit card (yes, they are
> accepted in Canada), or exchange some US cash at a bank, or use a
> banking machine. (There's the odd one of these kicking around up here
> too.)
>
> Incidentally, there is no exchange paid on US change. ...I know from
> experience that if one so much as dares to pull out a Canadian penny in
> the US, it's like the crucifixes come out; however, up here, the coins
> are all inter-mixed, and all classed as Canadian currency. ...Jon
>

Hi Eileen ...Nobody in Canada has the balls to do what?? ...Invade
another country....Unprovoked?? You are a twit, you know... And
listen... My Nephew (in the Canadian military) just got back from a six
month peace-keeping stint in Afghanistan. Believe me...Other countries
do exist, outside of the US borders. ...Jon

what happenned to the canadian dollar was even with the usa dollar in
the 60s?

just curious anyone know what happenned to norm marshall? announcer for
hamilton red wings and or hamilton tiger cats

steve wrote:

> just curious anyone know what happenned to norm marshall? announcer for
> hamilton red wings and or hamilton tiger cats

Norm Marshall passed away quite a few years ago. How do you know about
him?

--

Lola in Hamilton

"A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age."--Jim
Steinman