[pct-l] Re: money

[m.karon at comcast.net (Marshall Karon)]

An issue touched on by this reply was "how to pay bills" when you aren't
home. That is an issue for recurring bills. For me, I just had automatic
deduction made from my bank account. Of course, that meant leaving enough
cash in the account to pay the bills. But, doing it this way meant I didn't
need to worry about the phone, power, etc. Or 19% credit card bills.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@comcast.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alistair & Gail Des Moulins" <aandg@telusplanet.net>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 8:26 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Re: money


> We took some travellers' cheques on our thru hike in 2003 and generally
had
> no problem using them. I think the key with money like with most things on
> the trail is to be flexible and keep your options open. So we usually had
> $100 cash, we had travellers' cheques and debit cards. We did not use
credit
> cards so that we did not have to worry about paying the bill or getting
> charged the 19%+ interest!
> The online Debit/Credit card authorization process is sometimes not
working
> so it's good to have something else as backup.
>    At Warner Springs I could not use my debit card due to the
authorization
> process being down so offered the lady a travellers' cheque - I don't
think
> she'd seen one before but she did take it when I assured her that it was
> really cash. That was the only occasion I had minor difficulties using the
> cheques.
>    At Tuolomne Meadows there was a problem with power and their tills so
> they had to estimate the cost of purchases and they only took cash. Later
in
> the day the problem was resolved so they'd accept anything. So it can be a
> situation of being in the right place at the wrong time!
>    Just remember to keep the cash and travellers cheques double bagged to
> keep out the rain and any other water you might find yourself in!
>
> Alistair
> >
> > Message: 16
> > Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:25:11 EST
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> > Subject: [pct-l] money
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> > Is there any using traveler's checks along the trail?
> >
>
>
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