Money in Canada

Pizzle79

Roughly , how much money are people bringing to Canada with them
and how are you bringing it ???.........credit card, travellers cheques,
What is the safest way???

Skinfull

you need to have about 2K to make sure you can sustain your life witouth work for a couple of months. then if you are going with USIT/SWAP open a bank account asap.

Within 2 days of landing i had opened a bank account in RBC and tranferred money form AIB. It cost 15 euro to transfer 5K into the bank and there it is to use free in canadian dollars. i didnt bring travellers cheques but my AIB card is maestro and works in all atms here so i didnt mind. it does have ttransaction fee but felt it was easier than TC. plus i have credit card for shops.

before you leave check with your bank in ireland what ID numbers you need to make an international transfer from abroad and then ask at your canadian bank. you can do it online its dead easy.

Pizzle79

Thanks Skin,yea the average amount people are bringing seems
to be between 3000-4000 Euros.

clownprince37

i will be bringing approx 2500euro, after paying off everything.