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Originally Posted by Brupal
In 1995 I took a bus tour of Scotland. There were two other Canadian couples and the rest were Americans - most of whom admitted the reason they chose to come to Scotland was the movie Braveheart. For many of them this was the first time they had ever left the USA, and for one unbelievably nice and charming family the first time they had ever left their home state of Georgia!
Anyway, one lady from Boston had travellers cheques, and was advised to go to a bank to convert them to cash. She got back on the bus and loudly complained to all that would listen how offended she was that the bank had the audacity to ask for her passport in order to cash the TC’s. She told them they had no right to ask an American for their passport and that they were breaking the law for doing so and in the end she relented only because she was so desperate to get the cash she needed.
I’d say the prevalence and convenience of credit (and now debit) cards would make TC’s virtually obsolete these days.
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Ahh...the American Traveler. Always something new and fun in store!
You cant get a Hotel room in Europe without showing your passport. Get used to it.
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