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Old Jan 28, 2015 | 9:02 am
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Originally Posted by tommy99
With the huge dive of the US dollar due to yesterday's rate cut, (and the expected decline to continue) travel for us Canadians is getting so much more expensive. It's going to cost close to $2 for a UK pound, $1.50 for a Euro. A lot of us have plenty of points, or are constantly accumulating them, and need to go somewhere.

While I think we should all be exploring our great country more, as we know, it ain't cheap either (although the low gas prices will certainly help with a road trip). Any suggestions of destinations that will allow us a reasonable bang for our buck?
Originally Posted by grandgourmand
Japan springs to mind.
Anywhere around Asia will still give you strong purchasing power.
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