get a no-fee US$ credit card (e.g. i use TD USD VISA) 4 ^8 f8 @) Y- L& W) Yfind someone who are willing to exchange with the XE rate & k) H0 x% ^' |deposit your USD either to your US$ credit card or any US denominated chequeing/saving account& U5 q0 N2 z2 P( R
go to the US and have fun (with thousands of dollars of bills to pay of course) & e( J! I* A0 q- E/ jpay your money when you get home ) m- S$ @* f/ K6 ^1 e) Z" _' h& {7 U9 ]/ j
the rule of thumb is: the less you get your service from the banks, the less you will have to pay0 K/ T6 `+ h7 c+ T1 B) G
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If you can't find someone who's willing to trade with you - you can trade with your bank with some costs depending on how much you trade. The worst is to swipe your CAD credit card in the US. Both VISA/Mastercard and your bank will skim profits every time you swipe your card.