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Open Roads Forum  >  RVing in Canada and Alaska  > Using credit cards in Canada This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 3   Next MrsSoCalToolGuy • View posts Fountain Valley Ca. Senior Member Joined: 06/06/2005 View Profile Posted: 07/28/10 02:50pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator We are now in a rv park in Michigan. We will be heading to Canada in a couple of weeks. A fellow rv'er told us today that some parks in Canada would not take their credit cards. They stopped and got cash before they started their Canadian travels... We know everything is more expensive in Canada, gas, food and rv parks, but do we need to worry about carrying more cash? We now carry very little cash.. Thanks, Barb 2001 Chev. 3500 CC Duallie, D/A, 20.5 Pullrite Super 5th, Roll n Lock, StarBoards, Firestone Air Bags, TTT Mirrors, BrakeSmart. 2004 HitchHiker Discover America 33 1/2 CKQG, Disc Brakes, Mor/Ryde IS Garmin Nuvi 350 Roadtrippin • View posts Pennsylvania Senior Member Joined: 03/22/2006 View Profile Offline Posted: 07/28/10 03:03pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator It's been four years but we used credit cards for almost everything big (fuel, site, meals, etc...). We did however confer with the bank first and learned they would do the dollar exchange for a minimal fee (3% or so), and we used the same card then for the whole trip.. 2003 Dodge 2500 RAM 4X4 Quadcab Cummins High Output Banks Six-Gun/Speedloader/Pyro,Trans Temp,and Boost gauges. Mag-hytec covers. 2011 Cedar Creek Silverback 29RE 5th Wheel (31LBHBS-SOLD) exeter_acres • View posts North of Atlanta, GA Senior Member Joined: 01/24/2010 View Profile Offline Posted: 07/28/10 03:17pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I thought they only used seal blubber and whale bones up there..... To the OP.. sounds like the person that told you they wouldn't take their card may not have told the whole story. Lived in MI for years and spent lots of time in CA and they take credit cards (assuming they are major Visa, Mastercard, etc.) anywhere. revrnd • View posts Apsley, Ontario Senior Member Joined: 09/10/2003 View Profile Offline Posted: 07/28/10 03:22pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator The Provincial Parks in Ontario take VISA. I did hit a motel in the Soo back in '87 that would only take MasterCard, no VISA. Off I went elsewhere. I've fired off an email to Ontario parks about credit card usage. I'll post their reply. 1986 Monte Carlo SS 2011 Chevrolet K2500HD (P3 controller, Husky WD hitch) 2009 Rockwood 2106 Mini Lite Retired GM of Canada Oshawa Truck Assembly Plant Opened 1965 Closed 2009 Luke Porter • View posts Not on the road :( Senior Member Joined: 10/03/2000 View Profile Posted: 07/28/10 03:22pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Self pay parks--some Provincial/Territorial or local require cash. Maybe a few here and there that don't take credit cards, but most do. Probably should have a couple of hundred cash, anyway. Yep, actually drove to all of these places---in the last eight years. Missed Rhode Island and New Jersey. . Dogbone • View posts Ontario Canada Senior Member Joined: 01/26/2004 View Profile Offline Posted: 07/28/10 03:25pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Visa and Master Card are the most accepted here even over seal blubber, American Express is not accepted everywhere (my experience anyway) We also carry minimum cash and like to use our credit cards as much as we can. The exchange now is still pretty close. 2006 Holiday Rambler Vacationer 35SBD 36ft Workhorse 8.1 johnna • View posts Southwest, Utah Senior Member Joined: 07/28/2003 View Profile Posted: 07/28/10 03:38pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator We only carried about $100 cash. The places which did not accept credit cards, were willing to take a check. ****************************************************** 2004 Ford 350 Super Duty 2W Dirve Long Bed PU 2008 327RLT Montana Mountaineer 35 ft. 5th wheel 2005 Alaska and other Trip Logs sh410 • View posts Northwest Senior Member Joined: 08/29/2007 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 07/28/10 03:51pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Many of the Provincial Parks do not have credit card services, so only cash. vic46 • View posts Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Senior Member Joined: 09/13/2007 View Profile Offline Posted: 07/28/10 03:31pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I have not stayed in an Alberta Provincial park for some time. These parks have been privatized and the contract operators rely on an honour system, with checks regularly. They only take cash as there is no permanent management presence in the park. It would not be a big surprise if this system has also been adopted elsewhere. Vic GSF • View posts full-timing in North America Senior Member Joined: 06/04/2004 View Profile Posted: 07/28/10 04:15pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator In several years of traveling across Canada, I've only found one park that didn't take credit cards - "Northwestern RV Park" in Dryden, Ontario. It was a nice little park with very nice owners. George 97 Airstream Land Yacht 01 PT Cruiser Dinghy 2011 Can-Am Spyder RT-S Cappy - Pekinese Burglar Alarm This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 3   Next Open Roads Forum  >  RVing in Canada and Alaska  > Using credit cards in Canada

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