The Money Abroad FAQ


Last Update: July 1994

This is the `money abroad' FAQ. It contains general information about the multiple ways of dealing with money when in a foreign country: Cash, Travelers' checks, plastic and so on. It also contains a country by country paragraph for the more specific info. If you want exchange rates, look there . The current index is as follows:

  1. General Information
  2. North America
  3. Europe (without flags)
  4. Asia
  5. Oceania
  6. Latin America (ascii only)
  7. Africa (ascii only)

If you have any remarks or questions, please contact:

Stephane Laveau, laveau@corse.inria.fr
For information or remarks regarding the General section of this FAQ (excluding the "Black Market"), Europe, and North America
Mark Ignativ, ignativ@ecr.mu.oz.au
For information or remarks regarding General/"Black Market", Asia, Latin America and Oceania.

I will greatly appreciate any remarks, either on the content or on the form of this FAQ. Since I'm not a native English speaker, there can be mistakes. If you have any information about any country, listed or not listed, please let me know.

The people who contributed to this FAQ are way too numerous to be mentioned here. You'll find their names listed in each section.


Stephane Laveau

HTML version by Liza Weissler, liza@rand.org. Flags by Christopher J.S. Vance, Christopher.Vance@adfa.oz.au