Independent guide and review of Florida as a holiday destination

Currency

The American currency is the US dollar and there are 100 cents to the dollar. Throughout the USA, you can purchase things using either cash, credit cards or travellers cheques (checks) .

Note that if you hire a car, you must have a credit card as the hire company will use it as a security deposit, generally they will not accept cash.

It is best not to expect to change your own currency into dollars when you arrive, you are much better off converting your currency before you leave for Florida into a combination of US dollars and travellers cheques (checks).

Exchange Rates

Use this handy exchange rate calculator to work out how many dollars you will get to the UK pound, the Euro or one of the other major currencies.

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Tourist Rates

Typical tourist rates as supplied by American Express which will give you an idea of what you can expect to buy currency at in your own country.

Currency (updated Friday, February 1, 2008)	Exchange rate
One Australian Dollar will buy	$ 0.9004
One Canadian Dollar will buy	$ 1.0146
One Euro will buy	$ 1.4780
One UK Pound will buy	$ 1.9063

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