Rare MMDown Under Posted February 28, 2008 #1 Share Posted February 28, 2008 The rate of exchange for the Australian dollar has just reached 94 US cents - a 24 year high. Suggest cruisers about to travel down under buy Australian currency before you travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cands Posted February 28, 2008 #2 Share Posted February 28, 2008 There is even talk of parity! That hasn't happened since I was a kid. Now the question is whether to pay the balance of our October cruise now(due in USD in June), or wait and see if the Aussie goes higher? Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloakndagger Posted February 28, 2008 #3 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Pay Now!!!!! Don't wait!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted February 28, 2008 Author #4 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Every indication is that the Australian dollar should be at parity now. I am waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cands Posted February 29, 2008 #5 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Pay Now!!!!! Don't wait!!! Do you know something the rest of us don't know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific Sandy Posted February 29, 2008 #6 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Hi Guys - Our lovely Canadian dollar is 0.2 cents above the US dollar. It is long overdue and we are loving every minute of it. We are travelling to OZ in December, so, forgive me, but I am hoping your dollar doesn't go too much higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted February 29, 2008 Author #7 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Pacific Sandy. I know. It would be nice to get parity with the Canadian dollar, but I'm not greedy, so the US dollar will do. As a frequent traveller, I've always followed currency movements, as I was fascinated by how come Australians live like kings, but travel like paupers, because of our fluctuating undervalued dollar. Even when our dollar was worth US .50 cents, our family still travelled. Once when we went to Europe for a year, we got 71p on the way over and just over 40p on the way back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Cruisers Posted February 29, 2008 #8 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Don't flame me.... but I am getting tired of the North Americans being sensitive about their currency falling on global markets. I have been travelling for 12 years with bad exchange rates - and for the first time I will be getting a fairer deal! Maybe others should be grateful that for years they had it so good and now they know how it feels...... just some food for thought! :rolleyes: Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper133 Posted February 29, 2008 #9 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Talk about town is that the Aus$ will reach parity with US$ by Easter It is presently just short of .95 It is only talk...but it is from the top end of town cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted March 1, 2008 Author #10 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Ross Gittins, SMH, states in today's paper "The soaring Aussie dollar could easily reach parity with the US greenback within the next month or two". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannandjohn Posted March 1, 2008 #11 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Don't flame me.... but I am getting tired of the North Americans being sensitive about their currency falling on global markets. I have been travelling for 12 years with bad exchange rates - and for the first time I will be getting a fairer deal! Maybe others should be grateful that for years they had it so good and now they know how it feels...... just some food for thought! :rolleyes: Mark. WELL SAID!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochuck Posted March 2, 2008 #12 Share Posted March 2, 2008 The upside for America is they will benefit from increased tourism. I hope it lasts until we travel to Alaska and Canada next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Gal Posted March 3, 2008 #13 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I bought some U.S. dollars on Friday for our forthcoming cruise and got .93 which was great. I too am looking forward to it reaching parity as we have another cruise to pay for in June. I remember when we were getting $1.20US for our dollar. That was back in the 70's and we thought it was normal! I too agree with Aussie Cruisers (Mark) post, we too have travelled many times overseas since 1994 and I can remember so well when our dollar was so low, especially in England when we were only getting 0.33pence against the dollar. It was a very expensive trip, especially in London. Then there have been all the cruises we have bought when we were only getting .50 and .60 against our dollar. It is great to be getting better value now. Jennie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelectSys Posted March 9, 2008 #14 Share Posted March 9, 2008 The upside for America is they will benefit from increased tourism. I hope it lasts until we travel to Alaska and Canada next year. Exactly. My brother is in the travel business in Orange County and has noticed a big increase in foreign leisure visitors - especially Canadians escaping winter. The amazing thing for me is that our retail prices remain as low as they do. I would buy as much as I could before returning home if I was coming to the US for a holiday. The Australian $ should have a good run as long as basic commodity demand is high. Enjoy it while it lasts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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