Conference kaosws::canada

    Roland,
    
    On my visits to Montreal, most merchants accepted both Canadian and US
    currency, but if you desire to exchange your money almost any bank
    would do so or the hotel where you may be residing.
    
    
    A Charlottean in love with Montreal

    re .0
    
    Where are you coming from that you can't exchange money before you
    enter Canada?
    
    Tony

    
    It's not that I CAN'T exchange it, it's that I don't know where.
    I haven't done more than a quick border crossing since I was
    a child.
    
    I'm coming from NH - are there banks here that would do the
    exchange?
    
    						Roland

It's been my experience that you get a better rate by exchanging in Canada.  
We've been up there many times from NH and the first time we exchanged our money
at a local (NH) bank.  Once in Canada we found the gas stations were giving
a better rate!

Also, don't change too much, you'll loose out changing it back too.  We brought
around $600 for one week in cash, exchanging $200 at a time at a bank.

Dave

    Use plastic as much as possible, no hassles.  And yes, you can exchange
    US almost anywhere.
    
    Jean
    

    Exchange it at the currency exchange at the border...most major
    border crossings have these...this is the easiest route.

    I find bank machines on international ATM networks to be the most
    convenient way of handling this - my bank is on the Plus network, but
    Cirrus is popular in both countries too.
    
    ...laura

    use the ATM .. you get the current rate, a low service charge and
    you can take out small quantities at a time.
    
    dave .. whose paycheques are put in a bank whose closiest branch
            is 1800 miles from where i live

    Re. 0  >> Where...?
    
    Exchange Centre on corner of PEEL & St. CATHERINE ( Premium rate !)
    Mon - Friday from about 9:30 am  - 5 pm.
    Saturdays from 9:30 - 3 pm.
    
    Across the street from Exchange Centre - there is Gray Lines Tours..
    their rates are not as favorable as the Exchange Centre but they are
    late closers - meaning they are open till late in the evening. 
    The Gray Lines Tours exchange windows are open even on Sundays till 5.pm.
    Most of the banks like Royal Bank are *closed on Saturdays.
    Royal Bank gives premium rates too, but comparatively the Exhange
    Centre on Peel & St. Catherine are the tops. 
    American Express office on Maisonneuve, near Peel gives good rates 
    but not as high as the Exchange Centre's.
    
    FaZari.

    re:  342.9
    
    That reminds me Dave, I've been looking all over for your Instabank
    money machine card so I can make some withdrawals from your bank
    account...

It was destroyed, Jim, in the Great Mary Street Fire...the debauchery
that preceded this conflagration should be well known by yourself.

Barf Carjunk

    
    This is beginning to look like the Sarnia note...
    
    ;-)				Roland
    

    what's wrong with the Sarnia topic?

    Nuthin ! The noter just felt IT does not belong here under EXCHAnge ?

    
    Nothing wrong with the Sarnia topic.  In fact, this is now the
    fourth reply we've had in here about it.  :-)
    
    I think I will end up taking advice from the majority, and just
    take some of the money needed up, using plastic and ATMs for the
    rest.
    
    Now to go find out about currency exchange in Sarnia...
    
    							Roland
    

    	Careful handling those Sarnia Semolians, you could wind up with
    acute melanoma!

    How many Zlotys would I get for a Semolian in Sarnia? The Wall Street
    Journal doesn't publish all the currency excahnge rates.

    I use the Bank of Montreal for ATM tranactions because it operates
    under the CIRRUS network.....also have you heard that the CIRRUS
    and Plus System have agreed to access each other making 75% of all
    ATM's accessable with a CIRRUS or Plus Card in the US and Canada.
    
    Using an ATM is dependent upon your home bank's limit of withdrawl.
    My small NH bank only allows $100.00/day withdrawls.  
    
    I visit the Maritimes frequently, and if you get desperate, the
    Irving gas stations on the TCH's offer favourable exchange.  I do
    not know if these stations are in Quebec.....
    
    BTW, I'mm off to Quebec City for the Labour Day weekend...anyone
    know of any good campsites for tents near the city that are not
    crowded?
    
    Rick
    

    The nicest one is in Mont Saint Anne, the bugs should be dead by labour
    day and make your stay enjoyable (it is a bit cooler also because it is
    located in the mountain)
    
    Jean
    

    If you cross the border at the Bluewater Bridge between Port-Huron
    (Michigan) and Sarnia (Ontario), you will find you can get a fair
    rate at the duty free shops on both side, as well at the dedicated
    exchange outlet at the beginning of HWY 402 on the Sarnia side.
    
    If you decide to spend some time in Sarnia on your way to wherever
    it is you are going, you will find several branches of all the major
    Canadian chartered banks (RB, BoM,TD, etc...) and teller machines
    attached to all major networks. The main trust companies are also
    represented in Sarnia and provide the same type of service.
            
    Sarnia is kind of the financial services capital in Lambton County...
    
    If you still have a problem, drop by the office, we'll work something
    for you.
    
    I hope it helps.

    
    Note 342.21 should be moved to the Sarnia note where it belongs.
    
    Imagine trying to sneak something about Sarnia into another note.
    You aren't fooling anyone by trying to make it look like Sarnia
    actually has a bank.
    
    Roger

    
    RE: .22
    
    In addition, I wasn't even going to Sarnia.  I just didn't put
    enough smilies up...
    
    Many thanks to all.  Whoever said ATMs were the way to go was
    correct (although the one at Berri-UQAM on the Metro was out of
    money on Sunday morning - too many Saturday revelers, I presume).
    
    						Roland
    

    Say what ?!  ...you're not coming to Sarnia ?!