Is the plunging u.s. dollars becoming a problem for your travelling experiences?
Dec 1, 2006, 9:35 am
#16
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This is a dumb question. Sorry. It is. Either it costs more to buy things or it doesn't. Either you're rich enough that it doesn't matter or you're not
Here are the answers:
1) I am an American who travels overseas. But I am rich so I don't care.
2) I am an American who travels overseas. I am poor, so it hurts.
3) I am a foreigner with a strong currency who travels to the U.S. So it helps.
4) I don't travel abroad/I don't understand currency/my currency is pegged to the dollar/I have no idea what you mean
Please improve.
Here are the answers:
1) I am an American who travels overseas. But I am rich so I don't care.
2) I am an American who travels overseas. I am poor, so it hurts.
3) I am a foreigner with a strong currency who travels to the U.S. So it helps.
4) I don't travel abroad/I don't understand currency/my currency is pegged to the dollar/I have no idea what you mean
Please improve.
I think everyone here is interested in the slight variations to your "absolute" answers.
Dec 1, 2006, 10:49 am
#17
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Great question by the OP!
As, like most people in the world, I am not a USAian, it's actually rather good for me. Particularly as it's Christmas, and I have colleagues on trips over there at the moment.
(Not, of course, that I'd dream of getting someone to pass off newly bought merchandise as personal property. That would be evil and wrong.)
As, like most people in the world, I am not a USAian, it's actually rather good for me. Particularly as it's Christmas, and I have colleagues on trips over there at the moment.
(Not, of course, that I'd dream of getting someone to pass off newly bought merchandise as personal property. That would be evil and wrong.)
Dec 1, 2006, 11:49 am
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One thing a falling dollar does, from the perspective of this dollar-spender, is to swing the decision marginally farther in favor of redeeming flight and hotel awards vs. spending cash.
Dec 1, 2006, 12:09 pm
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Yes, the falling dollar does terrible things to my travelling experiences. The other day I was looking out the window as we approached Lima, and then it hit me -- this place would be so much more enjoyable if we had a strong dollar. I even pointed it out to my odd wife.
Dec 1, 2006, 12:12 pm
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Dec 1, 2006, 2:56 pm
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Absolutely. We haven't been to Europe for about a year-and-a-half. We went to South America last month because the dollar was still strong -- a fortuitous result, because we loved Buenos Aires and can't wait to go back. Our winter trip this year is to China again -- we love China, but we've been going a lot lately, rather than Europe, because of the weak dollar.
^
Dec 1, 2006, 6:00 pm
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Makes no difference since I try to avoid any destinations/transitting through the US like the plague.
It's great when I travel to other countries pegged to the USD, though! ^
It's great when I travel to other countries pegged to the USD, though! ^
Dec 1, 2006, 6:06 pm
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Dec 1, 2006, 6:09 pm
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The same with me, I looked out the window and saw Rome. With a strong dollar it would be Rome, Italy; not Rome, GA.
Dec 1, 2006, 6:32 pm
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"Is the plunging u.s. dollars becoming a problem for your travelling experiences? "
Nope.
It is saving me a fortune. ^ ^
Nope.
It is saving me a fortune. ^ ^
Dec 1, 2006, 6:35 pm
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