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PLASTIC is your best bet for foreign exchange but 
Travel Writer Ed Perkins explains that 1%  vs. 5% for money and travelers check is hard to beat but monitor the rate creep by certain card issuers

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Oanda Classic 164 Currency Converter || Handy Print Out || German: Wechselkurse || French: Convertisseur || Italian: Cambiavalute || Swedish:  Konverteraren || Portuguese:Conversor 

The print out or cheat sheet can adjust for typical credit card rate +2% or cash rate 4% If you have multiple credit cards should see if any are still at the old standard of 1% 

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ATM Locators:   Visa    

MasterCard / Cirrus

New Visa ATM Locator || Tips || Lost Your Card?  Emergency 24/7 assistance to all Visa cardholders. Take down  your toll-free number  here before you go If you don't like using your credit card, take your Debit cards make the most sense for travel and you can use them at more than 531,000 ATMs around the world. International Transaction costs are increasing and can vary considerably from 1% to 5%. It is smart to know this little discussed rate in advance of your trip

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Xenon Laboratories updates constantly, lists the growing number of countries that use USD Also their travel expense calculator now allows input of multiple items