On 24 September 2010 17:58, Bryen M. Yunashko <susero...@bryen.com> wrote: > A couple of travel tips that some of you should be aware of if traveling > aborad to Spain for the GNOME-A11y hackfest.
Nice one Bryen > Getting Cash: > Obviously, first bit of cash you need is your cab fare from the airport. > Most people tend bring cash with them and change it at a currency > exchange in the airport. This is actually expensive! The best thing > to do is leave your cash home and go straight to an ATM machine. > Withdraw cash like you do back home. You usually won't pay any currency > exchange fees. Just the cost of withdrawing from one bank to another. > (Which is much cheaper!) I usually get some cash at home as there are places you can get great rates (e.g Post Office or M&S in UK). Note I'm not sure, but getting cash with a credit card is possible through an ATM but I believe you will incur large charges over and above the xchange rate. > I can never get used to the fact that outside of the United States, > tipping is not required or expected. I still end up tipping out of > some American guilt. :-) So, you don't HAVE to tip, but if you do, > generally just round up to the nearest euro dollar seems to be the way Certainly true in UK. Generally I only tip here if service is exceptional. As a result service is often grumpier than in US. I also got the impression in Brussels that tipping is expected there ;-) I hope everyone has a great event and look forward to the reports. Steve _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
