09-12-2017, 07:19 AM
Great advice on the banking. Will keep mainland
Keep your mainland bank account, and when you have time, or find a bank or credit union here that you like, open an account locally. It's no problem to wait to open an account, or to have multiple accounts.
In the meantime before you get a local account, buy everything with a credit card. I find most everything can be purchased with a credit card these days. Pay your credit card bill at the end of the month online with your mainland account, especially if your payment info is already set up with them.
Then as time goes on you can decide which accounts work best for you, which you want to keep, and which you can do without.
In the meantime, you'll have plenty of other decisions to make when you get here!
The Donner Party really wasn't that great of a party, was it?
Keep your mainland bank account, and when you have time, or find a bank or credit union here that you like, open an account locally. It's no problem to wait to open an account, or to have multiple accounts.
In the meantime before you get a local account, buy everything with a credit card. I find most everything can be purchased with a credit card these days. Pay your credit card bill at the end of the month online with your mainland account, especially if your payment info is already set up with them.
Then as time goes on you can decide which accounts work best for you, which you want to keep, and which you can do without.
In the meantime, you'll have plenty of other decisions to make when you get here!
The Donner Party really wasn't that great of a party, was it?
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