I've just arranged to close down another ISA; it's not one I've thought about much, really - I set it up around ten years ago, I think, and I've not done anything with it since then. Still, the money in there should be enough to keep me going for a couple of months. And that's definitely worth doing.
On a related note, I've also set up my currency trading account, and made arrangements to send over a few thousand pounds. Once I've got an account set up in Canada, they can then transfer the money in, and I'll have something to live off. Though given what I'm going to need to organise in my first weeks in the country, I suspect that I'll be burning through it in next to no time - if nothing else, two months of rent as a deposit will take a good chunk out of that.
And finally... I've ordered my spending money for my imminent visit next week. I'll need to pick it up in a couple of days; I must say I'm surprised that they don't keep much money in stock for Canada - surely it can't be that unpopular a tourist destination? I'm also quite impressed that the rate from the currency traders is about three percent higher than the tourist rate; that will definitely make quite a difference, considering the amount of money I'm going to be transferring.
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