Canadian Dollar On The Rise

[Tower]

Hey Everyone, the Canadian dollar is sitting at almost $0.98. If you're leaving soon, now might be the time to make that final payment for your cruise/Disney trip and to get that cash out of the bank before it drops again.

 

[Ted in Halifax]

shhhhhh!

 

[LittleFlounder]

Yeah, Shhh! I've only paid for my deposit!

 

[rjan67]

I am one of the few that does not consider this good news!!!!!

 

[Ted in Halifax]

Ruthann gets paid in $US ...

 

[amberg@eastlink.ca]

woot! hope it keeps up, dvc payment is due next week.

 

[safarihatguy]

You can thank me for the dollar going up this week. After watching and fretting over the dollar for the last month I finally had to pay last Friday. Now I see it go up and up. GRRRRRRRrrrrrr.

 

[tgropp]

I am one of the few that does not consider this good news!!!!!

Although I am quite happy when I go to the States and the dollar is near par, I would rather see it at .90 - .92 cents. Its good for the economy. Previous goverments whose economic policies had our dollar in the .65 cent range made us prisoners in our own country

 

[dennise]

I am going for some tomorrow, we leave on Friday.

 

[jerlove]

My final payment is due October 14th. I am just trying to decide if I should wait a bit longer and see if it keeps going up. I would love to see parity. Am I just fooling myself?

 

[C&B Young]

My final payment is due October 14th. I am just trying to decide if I should wait a bit longer and see if it keeps going up. I would love to see parity. Am I just fooling myself?

Ours is due October 17th! We too are hoping to see the dollar at par. A percent change in the exchange rate means about $25 to us, so we'll likely pay our balance off once the actual exchange rate on the credit card hits around 97-98 cents.

 

[jerlove]

Ours is due October 17th! We too are hoping to see the dollar at par. A percent change in the exchange rate means about $25 to us, so we'll likely pay our balance off once the actual exchange rate on the credit card hits around 97-98 cents.

What is the difference in exchange rates that most credit card companies charge?

 

[2busy4life]

We are not going until December but I am afraid of it dropping so I am going to get some this week. Payment for the house we rented is due mid October. I transfer funds through PayPal and they are always a bit behind the banks in exchange rates so I hope it keeps going up....up... and up!!!!

 

[noelk]

Most Canadian credit cards mark-up the exchange rate around 2.5%.

For our upcoming cruise, I'll probably pay the balance in $500 chunks over the course of a couple months to even out the ups and downs of exchange rates.

 

[rjan67]

Well, my as well turn lemons into lemonade and do a little shopping! Target and Kohl's here I come!

 

[Tower]

For our upcoming cruise, I'll probably pay the balance in $500 chunks over the course of a couple months to even out the ups and downs of exchange rates.

That's what we're doing too. Did a payment yesterday and have one $500 payment to make before Sept 27. Hoping it gets higher before then, but I could not take the chance yesterday. My visa gets processed today so the payments are split between statements.

 

[lizzyb]

I will have to purchase some and keep it in my US acct

 

[2busy4life]

Well, my as well turn lemons into lemonade and do a little shopping! Target and Kohl's here I come!

HHHMMM Shopping!!!!!

 

[BelleYYC]

I hope it stays high until we are there!!

 

[2busy4life]

Since the CDN $$ has been hovering at or slightly below par I thought it was time to bring this thread back to life. I recently changed 500 CDN $'s into US which cost me $509.00