Originally Posted by
tentseller
In my frequent travel in SE Asia (BKK in Sept 2011) I find the best rate is for USD $100 bills. The rate is not as good for smaller denominations.
The rate offered for CDN$ is worse than changing CDN$ to US$ and then Baht.
I always have a collection of B. Franklin portraits when I travel around SE Asia.
Swampy ATM charges 150Baht fees on top of what your home bank charges. There might also be daily maximum imposed by the ATM or you bank.
Yep, we definitely need more than the daily ATM allowance. So the question becomes is the rate better from the ATM (with all the fees) vs. a money exchange place on the concourse before going through customs into Thailand (we'll be doing that in Hat Yai)? If it is, we max out our ATM allowances and get the rest from the exchange shop otherwise we get it all from the exchange shop as it sounds like the rates there are much better than the ~28Baht per CDN dollar we can get here.