What is best in Playa del Carmen ? Credit card or Traveler cheques

[Georgi]

hi ,,

we visit next saturday Playa del Carmen and i am not sure what i should do with the money

use Credit Card ? Master card or use Traveler Cheques ( when Traverl Cheques in US Dollar ? ) is this a good ? or should i change to pesos ? what is best in Yucatan
please help a

Thanks

Georgi

[Michael]

pesos

bring an ATM card and a 4 digit pin and you are set

[Georgi]

i am from germany we have no ATM card

[Michael]

Originally Posted by Georgi

i am from germany we have no ATM card

…that’s a big shame. I never go to Germany without one.

[Georgi]

Michael what prefer the mexicans ? Dollars or Peso ? at the traveler cheques ?

[Babaloo]

Originally Posted by Georgi

Michael what prefer the mexicans ? Dollars or Peso ? at the traveler cheques ?

it is mexico
their currency is the peso
so...convert your travelers cheques (in USD) to pesos after you arrive.

[Michael]

Originally Posted by Georgi

Michael what prefer the mexicans ? Dollars or Peso ? at the traveler cheques ?

I gave up with travelers checks 20 years ago. In my case I found I got stuck in some bank all morning trying to get them cashed. More and more places in the US refuse to have anything to do with them, and I even found the issuing bank would not cash the ones they issued to me (and if the bank that issued them can’t trust them…..).

I prefer pesos in Mexico. Dollars can work ok, but as you have change from Euros to something else, why not change to pesos? And if you want to pay for something that costs less than one dollar, you really can’t do it without pesos. American coins are more difficult for Mexican people to change into pesos.

[Beachnutt719]

Most of the money exchange booths will cash the cheques for you and give you pesos at the current exchange rate.

[Joana]

I'll answer this in German really quick to avoid misunderstandings due to the language barrier......

Hallo Georgi,

erstmal viel Spaß in Playa.
Die bevorzugte Währung (entgegen landläufiger Gerüchte) ist der Peso.
Einfach weil die Leute sonst auch erst die Dollar in Peso tauschen müssen.
Abgesehen davon...naja, es ist Mexiko......also sollte man in der Landeswährung zahlen.

Mittlerweile werden an sich die Geldautomaten von Vielen bevorzugt- was nicht zuletzt daran liegt, das auch schon Cheques bei nicht exakt identischer Unterschrift abgelehnt wurden (mir auch schon passiert) und ausserdem die Cheques letztendlich teurer kommen (sagen viele hier- ich habs noch nicht ausgerechnet).

Hast Du keine Visa- oder Mastercard???? Die reichen ja schon!!

[Joana]

Eh- I just stated boldly in German that Master works at the machine....it does, doesn't it?? Visa as well, no?

[Beachnutt719]

Originally Posted by Joana

Eh- I just stated boldly in German that Master works at the machine....it does, doesn't it?? Visa as well, no?

Both should work but you still need a pin if you are using it for "cash advance" rather than purchase.

[Michael]

Originally Posted by Joana

Hallo Georgi,

erstmal viel Spaß in Playa.
Die bevorzugte Währung (entgegen landläufiger Gerüchte) ist der Peso.
Einfach weil die Leute sonst auch erst die Dollar in Peso tauschen müssen.
Abgesehen davon...naja, es ist Mexiko......also sollte man in der Landeswährung zahlen.

Mittlerweile werden an sich die Geldautomaten von Vielen bevorzugt- was nicht zuletzt daran liegt, das auch schon Cheques bei nicht exakt identischer Unterschrift abgelehnt wurden (mir auch schon passiert) und ausserdem die Cheques letztendlich teurer kommen (sagen viele hier- ich habs noch nicht ausgerechnet).

Hast Du keine Visa- oder Mastercard???? Die reichen ja schon!!

You beat me to it...........I was just about to post the same thing.

[Joana]

Thanks for confirming Beachnutt- thought so....

[Joana]

Originally Posted by Michael

You beat me to it...........I was just about to post the same thing.

Meheeh- great minds think alike, no?
Now- how about you doing the spellcheck on that one??

[jx2]

I have yet to find a cambio that doesn't accept travelers checks. They work just fine. We split our spending money between cash and travelers checks.