I want to make a suggestion if you're headed out of the country for vacation. Let your credit card company know that you are going on vacation, and that you'll be using the card a little more often (if in fact you plan to use the card). With the recent credit crunch, there are policies where if they notice unusual spending patterns, they'll shut off your card without notice, it's in case your card was stolen. I had my card shut off after paying for the trip for four, then paying for excursions. We called the credit card folks and asked what was up, and they explained that they saw a sudden increase in spending, and that triggered the shut down. It took the most part of a whole day to get it active again.
