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As the US Dollar Strengthens, Budget Calculator Helps Travelers Plan Better for International Vacation Budgets
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Dollar fluctuates
constantly and, recently, has grown stronger against many foreign currencies.
While it is impossible to predict the future, now is the best time, so far
this year, to buy foreign currency. But when planning for an international
trip, how much foreign currency should travelers purchase? To help travelers
with this, foreign exchange specialist Travelex created its Budget Calculator
to provide travelers with data on common day-to-day expenses and payment
methods accepted in destinations worldwide. The Budget Calculator is free and
available at http://www.cashpassport.com/us/.
The Travelex Budget Calculator provides an easy-to-use guide to the cost
of vacation basics in more than 50 popular destinations worldwide, from
Cambodia andChile toIceland andIndia. The online budgeting tool lists the
price of meals, drinks, accommodation as well as public transportation and
attraction entrance fees.
The Travelex Budget Calculator also provides advice on the recommended
travel money mix between prepaid currency cards, US dollars, local currency
and travelers' cheques, as well as information on credit card acceptance and
ATM access for each country.
"The cost of traveling is continually changing. The strength of the
dollar, the growth and prosperity of the destination, and our own cost of
living mean that old information can lead you astray but the Travelex Budget
Calculator arms travelers with a good idea of what vacation basics will cost,"
said Christopher Russell Travelex's executive vice president of outsourcing,
Americas. "Our customers drove the demand for development of Cash Passport, a
secure, convenient foreign currency card pre-loaded for use at millions of
ATMs, shops and restaurants abroad and the Budget Calculator recommends the
best mix of foreign currency and prepaid cards for the trip. It helps our
travelers be better prepared."
About Travelex
Travelex is the world's foreign exchange, business payments specialist and
leading provider of travel insurance operating through subsidiaries and
branches in these regions: the Americas,United Kingdom;Europe,Asia Pacific;
andMiddle East andAfrica (EMEA).
As one of the world's leading providers of outsourced travel money to
banks, travel agencies and other retailers it provides products including its
prepaid currency card to over three million channel customers annually.
Through its world-leading automation Travelex offers consumers a full range of
delivery channel options including telephone and web-based ordering.
SOURCE Travelex
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