) in Fajardo and Westin Rio Mar Beach Resort (800-WESTIN-1,
www.westinriomar.com
) in Rio Mar.
Info: Puerto Rico Tourism Co., 800-866-7827,
www.gotopuertorico.com
.
Postscript
Carl Mintz of Washington says consumers also need to check on the
currency exchange rates charged by credit cards (Travel Q&A, Aug. 8). Mintz said in an e-mail that after charging a substantial amount on his Visa card during a trip to Australia, he was surprised at the additional charges. After several calls, the company finally acknowledged that it had miscalculated the exchange rate and credited his card $300. Mintz also discovered that Visa does not use the interbank rate when establishing currency exchange rates. For 15 of the world's major trading currencies, Visa uses a range of wholesale market rates from the previous 24 hours, which may be slightly higher than the favorable interbank rates used on large transactions between banks.
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