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    The answer depends on what country you're travelling to, what kinds of things you'll be buying, how long you're travelling for, etc.
    – Joel Spolsky
    Commented Jun 22, 2011 at 2:26
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    Traveler's check are from another era. They are now mostly obsolete; replaced by the ATM.
    – Jacco
    Commented Jun 29, 2011 at 15:12
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    @Andrew Grimm, thats what I was told, several times. So far, I've not found a country where it was more convienient or cheaper to use travelcheckes; Not in East- or West African countries, not in South Africa. Not In South East Asia, not in Russia or the states hugging it's southern border, not in China nor Mongolia. Not in the countries on the west of South America. And not in the Magreb or UAE either. So, if there are still countries where traveller checks are more convienient than the ATM, name those countries! A general non-veriviable oneliner is not very helpfull otherwise.
    – Jacco
    Commented Feb 4, 2012 at 11:19
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    @AndrewGrimm: for Japan, all you need to do is find a 7-11 (they are all over!) and use one of the ATMs there, as those ones take western cards.
    – BrendanMcK
    Commented Jun 2, 2012 at 6:23
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    Travelers checks are thing of the past, besides this they are expensive. Use prepaid currency cards instead of TC. Cash machines have become popular and much cheaper option. Carrying cash is good but some exchange offices are ripoffs can be fatal xchange rates.
    – pbu
    Commented Jul 1, 2015 at 15:12