MisterB please tell me a couple of examples of when travelers cheques helped you, that cash couldn't. I'm perplexed. Thanks.

As for my preference to bring nothing larger than a fifty, I'd really rather not bring anything bigger than a twenty, but depending on how long I might be staying will dictate. Smaller bills bigger wad, bigger bills smaller wad to carry.

A fish and a bird can fall in love, but where will they build their nest?