Yes, it was altered.

It was because of the disdain expressed in an impolite one word answer. Don't know why really, because there are constant condescending and insulting answers filled with arrogance on this board, that don't get altered. Maybe he or someone asked for it to be removed???

I don't happen to use travelers' checks except for specific circumstances and never out of the USA, but there are tons of people who do NOT use credit cards for their own individual reasons. And it seems like those who only use them do not accept that others may just feel differently than they do. Or that they may NOT pull off the paying off immediately thing and know it.

Just a thought- let people ask a question without putting their choices down- or at least in a semi-polite way.

Maybe Marko likes his method for coping with possible emergencies and it works for him, and therefore he just asked a simple question about where he could use them. And he did so with manners and grace.

You will have no great problem spending them, Marko.

As mentioned, USAA is the very best.
When I left the US to retire here in SMdA, Gto., Mx, they could not continue to insure me.
Not much of a problem as the only insurance required is Auto liability - for about $180. US a year.
And... I'm getting my USAA SSA back tax free in early December - that's the mutual ins co. self insurance fund -
$10,200.+
M

It is an interesting site this Fodors world !!! There are some funny little idiosyncrasies, but it is still a very usefull place and I visit every day !

Whenever I go to the USA I always take traveller's cheques, either American Express or Thos. Cook. They've never been turned down anywhere, even private bed and breakfast places seem to prefer them to credit cards. The only problem I have experienced is that sometimes Wal-Mart staff don't know how to process them but we eventually get there. I carry my passport anyway and it's handy for proof of ID when using TCs. I've never lost or had any stolen (touch wood) but if that happened, I know how to get replacements almost immediately. The other good thing about TCs is that I get cash as change therefore I don't need to take much in the way of cash $s.

I take a credit card to the USA but usually only to make a hotel reservation or the car rental company want it as security, but I avoid using it because of the charges and the £/$ exchange rate, which is never in my favour, would you believe!

Can I just cash them at Currency exchange at the airport or are their rates not good ?

You don't have to cash them at the airport. I have NEVER had any problem using them. I have them sometimes because when I go to Europe I always take about 300.00 in traveler's checks for the absolute last resort emergency. I get them for no cost to me. Luckily I have never had to use them and I just use them like cash when I get home to use them up. I could just deposit them back into my bank account but it's just as easy to spend them at the grocery store and other places that I shop. There probably could be a "mom and pop" type situation where someone might not accept them, but I haven't run into it yet. I have no trouble getting rid of them when I get back home. Don't worry about it. A lot of people think I'm silly for taking traveler's checks at all, but it takes a while to get things straightened out if the worst scenerio were to happen..if everything got lost or stolen..I figure it doesn't hurt to have them, and if it make ME feel more secure, then that's all that matters to me.

I will just give them to my wife, if there is a way to spend them she's the Gal to find it !!! ;)