Travelers checks?

[commishbob]

I used to travel back to the East Coast to visit family and catch baseball every summer through the 70s and 80s. I’d buy travelers checks and recall them being put in a vinyl wallet thingy with a snap closure by the teller at my credit union. Hadn’t thought about them in a long time.

[Mike D.]

I bought some when traveling to Ireland about 10-12 years ago and when I finally found an open bank they said they hadn’t seen one in years. A relic of an earlier time.

[bnorth]

Last time I seen travelers checks was in 2000. Two of the people i went to Amsterdam with took them. I thought they where out dated then.

I have never personally used one.

[Casey2296]

They were always American Express Travelers Cheques to give them that international sexy, and along with Pan-Am, exiting on the tarmac, smoking and being boisterously fun on airplanes, and leg room, they are a relic of a past when things were quite fun.