Royal Sands questions

[travelplanner70]

Does the Sands accept Traveler's Checks to pay the final bill? I was thinking that might be a way to avoid the foreign transaction fees on my charge card.

Also, do you know if they have Activia in their food market?

Thanks for the information.

 

[sdbrier]

Yes you may use travelers checks to pay your bill, and I think I do remember seeing Activia or something very similar.

 

[post-it]

Good question about the traveler checks, are these also taken at grocery and Walmart in Cancun?

I need to check to see how much my international fee is on my cards before we leave.

 

[travelplanner70]

Is it 4% for the Foreign transaction fees?

 

[nazclk]

Credit Cards at the Royals

Has anyone had any problems with having your account hijacked if you just used them at the hotels

 

[sdbrier]

Is it 4% for the Foreign transaction fees?

Depends on your card. My Capital One has no foreign transaction fee and gave me a better conversion rate than the resort.

I have had no issue using my card at The Royals in 8 years.

 

[pjrose]

I have never had an issue using my cards at The Royal Resorts.

 

[post-it]

If we use the credit card it doesnt sound like we need a much in the way of cash.

 

[pjrose]

We take some traveler's checks and turn them into Pesos at the resort's front desk; we really don't use much cash at all, though, just some tips and bus fare and occasionally if we go shopping somewhere we'd rather use Pesos.

 

[geoffb]

There are a few restaurants we prefer to pay cash in, mostly places we go for lunch.

Never had a concern about using a card at Royal Resorts however. We'll often pay down the balance with leftover Amex cheques and then put the rest on the card to avoid transaction fees.