We are motorhoming from Vancouver through the Rockies and back to Vancouver in early September. Could anyone answer the following questions please.

Is it better to to take Canadian Dollar Travellers cheques or a prepaid Travel Card (in Canadian Dollars)?

Is early September a busy time for Rv travelling? Should we book all our overnight stays now or book ahead each day (we are booking our first night!)?

We are travelling through 4 National Parks, what is the procedure for getting passes for these please? We will be in Glacier 1 day, Yoho 1day, Banff 2 days, Lake Louise 1 day, Jasper 2 days. Does one pass per person cover all entries?

Many thanks

Not sure what a travel card is, but traveller's cheques have been pretty much obsoleted by credit cards and debit cards. When you have need of cash, just take out what you need from an ATM.

Here's a couple links that detail the fees including how to purchase them online:
Assuming there's more than one of you travelling, you'll want to get a group pass. Calculate how much it would cost for daily passes and compare that with an annual discovery pass. Depending on how long you're staying, the annual pass may end up being cheaper.

http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/v...s_e.asp?park=1

http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/voyage-trave...ass/intro.aspx

The annual pass is good for all national parks. I believe the day passes are as well even though the website doesn't state that explicitly. The annual pass can be purchased online. Day passes can be purchased at park gates and information centres.

Just realized that my response implie annual passes can only be purchased online. They can be purcahsed at park gates and info centres as well.

September is still busy, as this is when all the grayhairs travel. It is often the best weather in the hills.

Any visa or mastercard is welcome anywhere. Amex a little less so.

Any atm card with a 'plus' and 'interac' logo on the back are golden at all machines. All banks seem to charge fees per transaction to cards from other banks and the issuing banks usually charge a 'conversion fee' per transaction as well.

Serviced campsites in the national parks are limited, and only in one or two campgrounds in each park. If you must have services (power, water and sewer hookups), it would be best to reserve ahead. As stated, September is still busy and RV rentals are a very popular way to tour the parks.

For more info on campgrounds and park fees, go to Parks Canada's website: www.pc.gc.ca and choose the park you need info for. The CG pages are accessed from the lefthand menu for each park: Visitor Information/Where to Stay/Campgrounds

Most banks will charge a service fee to cash traveller's cheques. Here at the TD Bank in Jasper, it's $5 per transaction. That makes TC's an expensive way to get cash, because you have already paid a service charge up front when you got them, and then you have to pay again.

You can probably stay in one location to visit Yoho, Lake Louise and Banff--we didn't camp but stayed in Lake Louise once and Emerald Lake in Yoho another time. Yoho is only about a half hour from Lake Louise and Lake Louise is about a 45 minutes from Banff. We have visited in September and it is a good time to visit. I don't know about making reservations for campsites but we did see a lot of Roadtreks in the parking lots. I love those little campers.

You definitely don't want to use travelers checks anywhere you travel anymore--no one wants to cash them. You really just need your credit card and an ATM card. I don't think we ever even used our ATM card--everyone took our credit card.