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1. • CommentAuthorkemper
   • CommentTimeNov 14th 2007

    
   Do ATMs charge a ton when you withdraw money overseas? Or is it better to just get Travelers Checks and not deal with ATMs?
2. • CommentAuthorShelly
   • CommentTimeDec 19th 2007

    
   You should definitely check on this. I got so busted last time I was overseas and used my ATM card. Each time, my bank back home was charging $4. Try doing that about 25 times over the course of 2-3 weeks...ouch! Ask your bank. xxxt many stores take travelers checks anymore.
3. • CommentAuthormouse
   • CommentTimeDec 19th 2007

    
   I've had a really hard time with travelers checks in the past. xxxt many places take them and the exchange rate is not that great in my experience.
4. • CommentAuthorgringagogo
   • CommentTimeJan 10th 2008

    
   Funny you should ask. I just received documents in the mail regarding a class action law suit filed against a certain monster bank overcharging for international ATM fees from 1996-2006. However, when I was in Hungary in 2007, I still felt the crunch. Ask the bank...then decide if you trust them enough to take their word for it. If a recording tells you instead of a person, that might be a bad sign.
5. • CommentAuthorflinty
   • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008

    
   I think you can get some sort of ATM card these days from banks and you load it up before you travel with whatever currency you wish. Sounds like the way to go I think!
6. • CommentAuthortommy
   • CommentTimeJun 6th 2008

    
   I would NEVER take travellers checks anymore unless your paranoid about losing your wallet whilst travelling. People get so ripped off when cashing in travellers checks. I almost saw a fight break out in Prague because a guy was pissed that the check cashing place was charging a bad rate and a service charge. I would only take my credit cards and cash card.
7. • CommentAuthorTheJuice
   • CommentTimeJun 6th 2008

    
   Yeah, who uses frickn travlers checks nowadays?