[Idyllchat] American Express Travel Cheques In Swiss & Italy

[jkorvink]

I mainly use a ATM debit card with a per day withdrawal limit. Also notified all the credit cards I carried in which country we will be  and for how long. Kept a list of card number and 800 and/or international contact numbers-in case of stolen or lost. Hint: mix in other numbers, like house or last four of home tel number in with the credit card numbers  on  the list..Sounds confusing but could safe a lot of grief-- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jay Cloidt 
  To: Phil Bickal 
  Cc: idyllchat at lists.untours.com 
  Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:30 PM
  Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] American Express Travel Cheques In Swiss & Italy


  I remember in 2000 having to hunt down the American Express office in Rome. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if this was because my friend preferred to exchange them for local cash or if he was forced to. I do know (at the time) that that was where he got the best exchange rate for them. I can't help you more because I haven't used them in a while. 

  That trip was the first vacation that I relied on ATMs, and I haven't gone back. The network to the US went out that first day, and I couldn't get cash, but it was back up the next day. I had no other problems the rest of the trip. I have been back to Europe 4 times since then, and I haven't had a problem except for Italy in '04. Italy was starting to have some real identity theft problems then and charges and ATM withdrawals were getting denied until we called our banks. We told them we were calling from Italy, and the charges were real. Everything went smooth after that. Since that trip, I always call before I leave the country to let them know that I am leaving the country. They put a note on my account, and I have no problems. 

   


  On 4/6/07, Phil Bickal <philbic at verizon.net> wrote:
    I've been following all the e-mails on credit cards, etc.
    my question is: are there any problems using American Express Traveler Cheques in Switzerland and Italy?
                Thanks, Phil

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