Jackie

Patricia--at the moment, my backup plan is to pay our hotel balance in US dollars and purchase some euros ahead of time. Today's exchange rate at Bank of America is 1.34. One of the hotels I wrote to was happy with cash--he also said they've been hearing the same news now for two years and didn't seem too concerned about the potential for financial chaos.

I don't like traveling with so much cash, but found a "bra stash" by Eagle Creek that I will wear and hope that it does the trick. It may take two of them to carry all the small bills being recommended by some