Sending $US to the US

[Sue Spence]

2009/10/6 Roger Burton West <roger at firedrake.org>

> On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 06:45:19AM -0700, Ovid wrote:
>
> >Anyone happen to know a less expensive way to send, via mail, US
> >dollars to the US, short of sending cash?
>
> Get a US$-denominated bank account, with a cheque book. I believe
> Citibank do them.
>


For a one-off deal like this, it's better to work with a friend with the
goods (US bank acount).  Failing that, it would realistically be easier to
say "I am going to get married, and it is going to cost a rather silly
amount of money to get TX to give me the paperwork I need."  Setting up a
bank account is a lot of fuss for one transaction.

I don't suppose the UK can accept your passport instead?  I have usually
found that the two are interchangeable, but I didn't get married here. :-)