Tips for saving money abroad: Find Chinese pick up half way to the money

Overseas students will encounter many unexpected problems, especially when they go to school, reading, work, life will encounter a completely different situation with the country. If you don't understand anything at this time, it may take a lot of time and even money to get through it.　　In fact, some details in advance to understand clearly, you can play a multiplier effect. Before arranging for the trip to Toronto, we must first set up the place to live. Local students are generally in the York BBS or 51 of the House, students can follow this method to find. The house must be booked one months in advance.　　This involves buying tickets to consider.　　There is also a problem, because the first month can not pay a deposit, so it is difficult for the landlord to leave a house for you ∩ to temporarily rent a school dormitory for a semester, or find local friends and relatives to help contact. Of course, the sooner you buy the ticket, the better it is than the direct flight. The baggage note is that students are allowed to take only two large air suitcases, each not exceeding 23 kg.　　In addition, you can carry a small suitcase as well as a backpack or side-back bag.　　No matter which airline, the current baggage standards are basically consistent, in the domestic departure of the students to take a chance to see if the value of the machine staff are willing to "put" you. If there are too many students, it is strongly against the random increase in the amount of consignment, because it is very expensive. It can be shipped to Canada by postal mail or by some shipping companies online. Because of the Canadian Customs inspection reasons, it is possible that your things can not enter the territory, please do the following: The new clothes on the tag cut off, shoes do not send the original box, do not send meat.　　At the same time, put your study permit or visa copy on the top of the box, the name of the mailing items is personal luggage. If the students arrive in summer, they will find that the summer night here is 9:30. Take your Passport clearance, the first entry may need to be a simple question, and finally take the checked baggage. International direct flights before the gate without duty-free shops, want to buy duty-free products to the students at the departure airport.　　Take a baggage cart with 2 dollars in front of your luggage, and a baggage car at Toronto airport for money and a refund of 0.25 Canadian dollars. Do not think that Toronto is the largest city in Canada is so intelligent, you will find the traffic here is not Shanghai convenient. The airport leads to the city by bus, by subway or by taxi. Taxis are 12 Canadian dollars, 7 yuan per kilometer, and no tax and tips. From the airport to the urban area, about 700-800 yuan, this is a small amount of money. The cheapest way to do this is to find a Chinese locomotive.　　Can be found on the Internet, some domestic intermediaries and Toronto contact, to provide you with such services, about 40-50 Canadian dollars, and about 300 yuan. Credit accumulation The most important money must be brought, with how much do not carry more than 10,000 Canadian dollars (recommended with 10,000 yuan in cash, the rest with a draft, the next day to Canada to open the bank account to save, so the most economical). When changing the Canadian dollar, try to ask the bank for change, such as coins and 5-20 Canadian dollars, easy to use after landing. Bank accounts and remittances are also many students to ask. The Bank of Toronto many, the most convenient is TD, because there are everywhere, then there are RBC, Fung Bank, HSBC and so on, domestic banks currently have Bank of China, ICBC. Every bank has Chinese service, opening a student account is very convenient, and when the opening of the bank will usually go to the campus on-site Shetan, these banks know that we have to remit money from the mainland, as long as you ask, they will give a detailed remittance guidelines, you tell the domestic family is OK.　　The use of local banks, which can accumulate credit, in the future to buy a car to buy a loan on the basis of the check.　　UnionPay card can be used on this side of the two banks, respectively, CIBC and Fung Bank withdrawals, exchange rate on the day of settlement, each transaction will be charged fees, withdrawal limit and the renminbi equivalent. Don't forget tips and tax increases the Toronto Living index is certainly higher than at home, but there are Chinese supermarkets everywhere that offer a cheap choice for the Chinese.　　In Chinese supermarkets can basically find all the things in China, common vegetables and fruits, seasonings and so on, the price is more reasonable. Here, in addition to retail outlets, coffee shops, McDonald's, supermarkets and the like to tip, the tip is generally about 15%.　　Pay attention, some store bills have 10% of the service charge, and then give no tips on your own. Do not aspire to find many convenience stores, the most is McDonald's, the cheapest store is Wal-Mart. Canada is a "tax country", all consumption (except milk, etc.) before checkout should be added tax on the price, 5%-13% HST tax, alcohol and tobacco higher.　　So you buy 1 Canadian dollars, the checkout is generally 1.13 Canadian dollars. In terms of communications, Toronto has a number of phone companies to choose from, the biggest is Rogers and Fido, and then there are several new companies, the new company's phone calls are of course the cheapest. Foreign students may wish to find Chinese on the Internet to buy phone cards, much cheaper than direct to the store. (Reporter: Wang Xiaobo trainee Reporter: Wu Qinjiong special correspondent: Xiao Lian)