How much cash to bring?

[chrissyw14]

I'm going down late August and I was just wondering how everyone decides how much cash to bring on their trip, and do you leave most of it in your room and bring some for each day?

 

[WDWmazprty]

I'm going down late August and I was just wondering how everyone decides how much cash to bring on their trip, and do you leave most of it in your room and bring some for each day?

Well, we really dont use cash at all. We bring it to leave for housekeeping and thats about it. For our tips, alcohol, and souvenirs we just make sure there is money in our account for those things and we use our card. Usually its a couple hundred extra for everything.

 

[chrissyw14]

so you just use credit and debit cards?

 

[Bowler Hat Girl]

We usually bring cash for Mousekeeping and for tipping the guys who valet the car. For the most part, we leave it in the in-room safe though. Everything else, we use our Key to the World.

 

[WDWmazprty]

so you just use credit and debit cards?

Yup. You can attach your debit/credit card to your Key to the World Card and use that whenever you want to buy something out of pocket. I literally haven't carried cash in my wallet for years

 

[chrissyw14]

wow thanks! I haven't been to Disney in 4 years and I'm going with my boyfriend and this is like our first trip without our parents so I never had to like think about this stuff until now haha. I just want to be prepared

 

[WDWmazprty]

Yeah, no problem. I just find that most people nowadays people dont really use cash a lot. Its so much easier to have one card to use for purchases. :wave:

 

[chrissyw14]

My mom is still very careful about using cards, mostly uses cash, with the whole identity theft thing haha, so how much do you usually tip mousekeepers? and you have to do it every day because they have different people right?

 

[lostpro9het]

Our last two trips we budgeted a few hundred and just used our credit card. We bring the ATM card but leave it in the room as an emergency backup.

 

[WDWmazprty]

My mom is still very careful about using cards, mostly uses cash, with the whole identity theft thing haha, so how much do you usually tip mousekeepers? and you have to do it every day because they have different people right?

Yeah, everyday we always leave something for the mousekeepers.

 

[lostpro9het]

Yeah, everyday we always leave something for the mousekeepers.

Not to get to far off topic but how much do you leave on a daily basis if you don't mind me asking?

 

[chrissyw14]

yeah like i'm all for using the credit card i just feel bad sometimes because its my name on my parents account lol

 

[britdaw]

Ever since living in Memphis and getting robbed at gunpoint, I do not carry cash. LOL I will probably carry at most $20 at a time on me while in WDW and use our debit cards or Key To The World for everything else.

 

[WDWmazprty]

Not to get to far off topic but how much do you leave on a daily basis if you don't mind me asking?

Usually $5-$7, it just depends. Sometimes more.

 

[chrissyw14]

Ever since living in Memphis and getting robbed at gunpoint, I do not carry cash. LOL I will probably carry at most $20 at a time on me while in WDW and use our debit cards or Key To The World for everything else.

:lookaroun :O oh my gosh! I'm hoping that won't happen around WDW lol

 

[lostpro9het]

Usually $5-$7, it just depends. Sometimes more.

Thanks!

 

[BigRedDad]

I never carry cash. All I take is my room key and license.

I have a photocopy of my license, credit cards, and at least one other ID in my luggage just in case I lose my license. My neighbor, a foreign national, lost his license on a business trip and went through a lot of pain with TSA. He now carries a photo copy of his passport, license, legalization documents and other copies of IDs. He is also registered with TSA in case it happens again.