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my partner works at the Post Office - she watches the exchange rates, and buys Au$1000 or so when the rates are good - we just take cash to pay for hotels and meals in Japan - it's a safe country so don't expect to be robbed - you know how they reserve a seat in Japan - they leave their wallet...

last time we arrived at LAX I rolled my rental car down nearby Sepulveda to Best Buy - Best Buy - Sepulveda and Rosecrans: Store 1011 - El Segundo, CA - and picked up a refurbished GPS for cheap-as - which we used for our driving tour in the US, and I later sold it, with US maps installed, to...

thanks for suggestion - but our home was broken into and handbag stolen, reported next day to stop cards - we then found balance of funds was withdrawn from her account via a Canberra ATM some days later - WTF !?!?!? - ANZ asserted it must have been her as it was a 'legal' transaction - we got...

they say sociopaths are over-represented in management - they may also be tired and in an unfamiliar environment most don't go out of their way to communicate with strangers. having worked as a waiter in a number of restaurants, I always notice the service and usually engage them in a friendly...

we flew into Adelaide to pick up a rental car from Thrifty - having carefully studied their website for all terms and fees and thinking I had free cover for $2250 from my credit card - at the counter they said '$3000 (or was it $3300?) excess will be charged for any damage' - I was WTF !? - that...

with Taiwanese partner and as a many-times visitor to Taipei, I would start with how long you need to be there before your departing flight - they usually say 3 hours before an international flight ? In which case if you need to be back by 1945hrs you've only got 4hrs20 free - assuming you're...

in Tokyo we stayed at a number of different hotels - I liked booking.com for it's no-need-to-pay upfront - but then found agoda offered some better prices - checking daily found something like Tuesday as a cheapest day (YMMV) but we had to pay upfront - with that we got one hotel with state of...

I was in the Baltimore BWI departure lounge for a United domestic to SFO - and watched as a elderly (upper-class appearance) couple struggled with two giant suitcases they were trying to inveigle as carry-on - from my impression most of the staff were prepared to look the other way knowing that...

evidence of pre-existing booking - Re: Jury Duty v Booked Travel I'm in NSW Sydney and got a Jury Summons in the mail last week for me to show up 3 October - checked the website which said I could get exemption if I could provide evidence of a pre-existing travel booking - went to friendly...

Re: Best way to start accumulating points and status credits..?? Which bank/airline c Dunno if it helps - we're just holiday travelers - I probably spend maybe $40kpa on my CBA platinum AmEx/Mastercard combo where all points go to QFF - but I've never used those points (have enough for SYD-NYC...

thanks for the car rental insurance suggestions serfty - I'll keep that in mind for next time ...

rental car excess - when I researched this intensively before my US trip last Aug-Sep I found it only covered a relatively small difference in excess only, NOT the main insurance, and only AFTER you took out all the various main insurances for rental cars which pretty much seemed a rip-off to...

Toys are nice, but here's the real question - has anyone claimed on their free CC travel insurance for US hospital expenses like $X00,000 and if so, what was their experience ? :confused:

Personally I'd take the local train for a few dollars from Narita if that's where you're landing. Avoid taxis unless you want to throw $100 - different train company/lines - maybe Keisei is cheaper - google 'train from Narita airport'. If you can do Kyoto in a day, my pick would be Kiyomizu...