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Career Path => Money Matters => Topic started by: SloGlo on Mar 27, 2004, 11:47

Title: travel expenses
Post by: SloGlo on Mar 27, 2004, 11:47

to find the best/worst gas prices in your area, an area you are going to, or to assist in choosing areas try this site.

http://gasbuddy.com/

Title: Re: travel expenses
Post by: SloGlo on Feb 01, 2007, 10:48

here's a kewl feature dis site has, a clickable map.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/GB_Map_Gas_Prices.aspx


iffen it don't come up national, zoom out, enter where ya kneads cheep gas, 'n da prices show up on a map.  good tewl four bean ona rode.

Title: Re: travel expenses
Post by: Mike McFarlin on Feb 02, 2007, 10:15

Not bad. Excellent site.

Title: Re: travel expenses
Post by: SloGlo on Aug 16, 2007, 11:12

kin sumbuddy do da math for canadian/u.s. gas prices which are currently ~ $1/$2.80?  tanks.

Title: Re: travel expenses
Post by: Austria on Aug 17, 2007, 06:52

Easiest thing to do is go to  http://www.xe.com/ucc/ and select the currencies you want, plug in the amounts and they'll figure it for you.

Title: Re: travel expenses
Post by: Already Gone on Aug 17, 2007, 09:01

Quote from: SloGlo on Aug 16, 2007, 11:12

kin sumbuddy do da math for canadian/u.s. gas prices which are currently ~ $1/$2.80?  tanks.

It's hard to do because they change the prices several times per day.  There are enormous differences between the price on Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon for example.

At the current exchange rate, multiply the price in $Cad/litre by 3.56 to get the price in $US/Us gal.
So, if the sign says $1.00/litre, that is equivalent to $3.56/gallon.

Title: Re: travel expenses
Post by: Austria on Aug 17, 2007, 09:43

Try this out SloGlo:

(CDN/L) x (3.784L/gal) x (EXusd/CDN)

where: CDN = Canadian Dollars
           EXusd = the day's exchange rate for US Dollars to CDN
       

Title: Re: travel expenses
Post by: JessJen on Aug 17, 2007, 05:14

a little off but heres a good note for travelers outside of the US....depending on your banks policies and if they may or may not put a surcharge on it typically its cheaper to use your bank card everywhere.  Money changers will typically change your money at the highest rate then keep the few cent difference, with your bank you will get the current rate with no hikes or extra fees.  Amsouth bank now regions is who I had when in england and I found that the exchange rate I received from them was up to 15 cents cheaper than if I had gone somewhere to have it exchanged with no fees on top of it. 

Title: Re: travel expenses
Post by: SloGlo on Aug 17, 2007, 11:43

t'anks two yinz awl!  litres?  using litres up dere?  wendy quit using imperial gallons?  i gotta git north more off tan.