Traveler's Cheques in Euros
 

I will be living in France for seven months...renting an apartment in Paris. In order to pay monthly rent does anyone know where I can go to get a Traveler's Cheque in Euros for this payment? Can I just go to the American Express office in Paris and complete this transaction.<BR><BR>If it is necessary to wire the money to the landlord what is the best way to do this if one does not have a France bank account?<BR><BR>Thanks for any advice!

When I rent apartments in Europe, I pay cash. I go to the ATM, draw out the money, and count it out into the apartment owner's hand.<BR>The people I rent from don;t want traveler's checks because they say they pay a fee to cash them.<BR>Perhaps it is different in Paris.<BR>

Anna, there was an ad in todays Boston Globe that American Express now has travel checks available in Euros here in the US. The info number was 1-866-AXP-2489. You may be able to order them through your bank. Good Luck!

I agree with Bob. If the owner of the apartment is an idividual (i.e. not a company that constantly deals with overseas clients) he will probably not like the TC idea, because of the cost of cashing them. Very understandable.<BR>You will most likely have to pay him a deposit and first month rent; that I would wire directly from your bank. The monthly rental, do it by getting Euros from an ATM. Either way, make sure you get receipts for all payments made.

Don't bother w/ travelers checks - they will cost you more and cost the landlord as well since he will have to pay to deposit into his own account. <BR><BR>Just leave your money in your account at home and draw what you need from the ATM or for bigger withdrawals - from a bank in Paris that is linked to your home bank.

I'm not sure I understand your situation, but it sounds like you need to pay with a check in euro because the landlord is not there or you wouldn't be talking about wiring. I would imagine you could do something like that at American Express, but I think you could probably also do that at a French post Office. They tend to have a lot of services like that, so I think that might be your best bet, I'd try there first.<BR><BR>Go to a post office with a sign that says "change" on it, that indicates they have financial services. They also sell travelers' checks there, also, (Am Express), so you might as well just go there, anyway.<BR><BR>If you are going to be there that long, you might consider opening a French bank account.

Is there something like (in the U.S. we would call) a Money Order, that you would purchase from a post office or bank with cash and mail to your landlord?