Most probably are aware of this but if you go to www.oanda.com, and scroll down the left side under Travellers - you can print off a cheat sheet for country you're visiting. We reduced the size of it and carried it in our wallets-whenever we wanted to figure out the cost of something in Canadian dollars, we just referred to our little cheat sheet.

So what's new? Only that you can now get it automatically off the currency exchange site. I've never left home (in over 30-years) without a foreign currency cheat sheet, even if I had to create it myself

I take mine to Kinkos and get it laminated for about $1. It's much easier to use and doesn't get frayed or torn.

To convert to Canadian dollars, just add 50% to the price in Euros and then another 10%. Multiply the British pound by 2 1/2.

Most currency conversions involve simple number multiplication/division don't they? They should if suitable rounding is done (which is okay due to currency fluctuations anyway).

You only have to remember one number (eg multiply £UK by 2.5 to get $Canadian or whatever).

I thought the Canadian public school systems are better than the US ones?

Canuck,
I apologize that your post has brought out the people it has. Not everyone is like this.

I have actually used the oanda converters and found them very helpful. Especially for some conversions. (Turkey comes to mind since I find impossible to comprehend that I was a millionaire there!)

We too are cheat sheet fans. I always print them up, one for me and one for my husband, before we leave on our trips. Lots easier to look at a table than go through a mental math problem!

I like the idea of laminating them at Kinko's. Hadn't thought of that. Thank you wj1!

Some time ago I bought some laminating sheets at Staples, and am able to laminate paper cheaply without going to Kinko's. You can cut to fit any item. These self-laminating sheets are made by Scotch, Avery, etc., and you can buy them in various sizes at Staples, Office Max, etc., maybe even in your local drugstore.

Actually, I just use clear packaging tape to laminate my reduced-size cheat sheet

I just tried the tape and it works well. Thanks.

What website do you get these cheat sheets on? Would like to get them for our Sept. trip.

Thanks for reference to the site canuckuphereathome - the FX Daily feature is very helpfulin particular.

Sorry, I'm still trying to figure out jsmith's response about adding 50% and then adding another 10%.....someone help me figure the difference between that and simply adding 60%????????

$100 + 60% = $160
($100 + 50%) + 10% = $165

Okay, I apparently need some help printing out this cheat sheet I've brought up off the Oanda site. There's a little link under it to print it, but that just brings me back to the page where you choose your type of currency. I tried capturing it as a picture, or copying it into a word document but neither of those worked. Should I just print the whole page, cut out what I want and then reduce it on my scanner? Help!

Sorry I didn't check out that Oanda site before I posted before. I thought that was just for Canada. Found out differently. Thanks to those of you that post this cheat sheet advise, think it will come in handy.

canuckuphereathome,
This site is great! I do this myself but this is much easier and more accurate.

sardog - easiest is to print the page, cut out what you want.