One of the things I always tell people is to always keep some cash on you while traveling, because you never know when you will come across a situation when you will need it.
I broke my own rules today.
I wasn’t traveling- but I am leaving on a one week business trip tomorrow. I usually keep some cash on me but in this case I thought to myself never mind, I will use credit cards today, and for the rest of the week I will be in the United States so there is no need for Canadian cash.
This afternoon we decided to go and find a small honey farm outside of Montreal. The farm sells over 40 different kinds of honey, and when we went to pay they said sorry, we only take cash. I had seen a back one kilometer back down the road so I excused myself to go and get some money. The machine was not working. The problem when you are out in the country is that you really don’t know how far the next bank is going to be, and I had never been to this area before so I just started to drive. I passed a couple of gas stations and considered going in and asking where the nearest bank was but, I am a man, and in any case, I know what banks look like so there was no real need to do that, it would waste valuable driving time. I eventually found a street which looked like it had commercial buildings and I found my bank machine and made my way back to the honey farm- my entire trip to get some cash taking me 40 kilometers and close to an hour.
This is a prime example of why you should always keep some cash on you.
Tags: business travel, cash, Leisure Travel, travel
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