we are travelling to Bangkok and Koh Samui in October and are wondering which is the best to take, Sterling travellers cheques or us$. I know normally sterling is recommended however with the us$ being so strong is it better to take us$ cheques at the moment?
sterling or us$
US $ is WEAK in Thailand at the moment. Take sterling, either travellers cheques if you must, but some sterling cash to change at the airport, then a Debit card (not credit - Nationbwide FlexAccount is best, no fees, no commission, better rate of exchange, no brainer!) to get more cash as you go along. The rates are much better in Thailand. If you get $ TCs in UK then change into baht in Thailand you will be paying two lots of commission.
sterling or us$
I would go stronger than Arandora, and say don%26#39;t bother with TCs at all. Rely on cashpoints (ATMs) and maybe a bit of cash to change on arrival for emergencies.
How you fund those cashpoint withdrawals is a matter of cost and convenience - debit card, credit card, withdrawal from your home account etc
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