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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 03:40 PM Original message |
The Sinking Dollar & The American Traveller: Advice? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think that's backwards. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Stay home |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. yes...don't add to the global warming! |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. just try and remember everything cost 2x what you think it will. |
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Red Zelda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Go to some poor third-world place |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. Make friends abroad and stay with them for a while. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. The bride is going to try and find a friend to set us up there.... |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Yeah, Venice is great! |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. only if you are going to buy a lot of euros |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. $1000 = $628, woooooboy O-U-C-H!!! Good advice on the credit card! |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Think about your carbon footprint |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. sooo......you're anti travelling anywhere? for any reason? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. You could fly Amish Airlines.. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Mostly, I send snark. |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. As Dinah Shore used to say when I was growing up, |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Buy your euros now, and hold onto them even if you don't go to France. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. Go to Japan: it's actually cheaper than Europe now |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Should have mentioned, we are attending a friend's wedding |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Ah, well ask your friends for recommendations for low-cost accommodations, |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. We might be staying in a friend of a friend's home.... |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. Europe is expensive when the Euro=$1.24, which it was when I went last year.... |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. that's very nice to hear! |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Southeast Asia's the place to go instead |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Well, we are going to a wedding |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm paid in dollars and live in euros |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Thank you soo much!!! |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Gas here is about $8 a gallon! |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Gordon Gekko!! |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Remember to demand a Gordon Bleu menu........... |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Eastern Europe does not use the Euro |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Czech Rep. still uses its Koruny |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. Stay Home and Wait. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Well, if we wait we miss the wedding.... |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. A wedding??!! Ooops!! Sorry my good person. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. This has been on my mind too re: Japan |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. See my post #10 |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Thank you--that IS where my info came from. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. As one who was in Japan last week and in the UK in June, |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Your posts are very helpful and encouraging |
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Solar_Power (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. You're better off going to Hawaii |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. Come to the Middle-East where everything is still pegged to the dollar... |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:25 AM Response to Original message |
38. So much for my expert opinion! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
39. WARNING... if you use your american issued credit cards |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
43. My wife and I canceled our vacation for next summer... |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
44. Invest in Euros. n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
45. Have a great time, you will love it |
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