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Ann Ingram, director of airport volunteer services for the Travelers Aid Society of Washington, D.C.
Personal checks can be used to buy airplane and train tickets if the traveler has identification bearing his name, address, and signature. But the person' who expects to write a check for cash or anything else on a trip is often out of luck.
, Shoulder to Cry On
Second-party checks are the source of even more despair among travelers, who often end up telling their tales of woe at one of the 69 Travelers Aid booths in the nation's airports, train stations, and bus depots.
Second-party checks, such as paychecks, cashier's checks, and money orders, that are made out to the traveler cannot even be used to buy a seat on a plane, train, or bus, Mrs. Ingram told the National Geographic Society. Even when such checks are made out to the transportation line, they are not universally accepted.
What kind of money is best to take on a trip? Mrs. Ingram suggests four forms: Travelers checks, at least some of them in small denominations; personal checks, to pay some transportation and some hotel bills, major credit cards, for identification and some purchases; and a bit of cash, to pay extras such as parking fees.
Although its main purpose is to help the stranded traveler return home. Travelers Aid does everything from lending an emptypocketed traveler 15 cents for a phone call to helping a destitute passenger put his life back together in a new city. If, for instance, a traveler discovers he lacks the cash to buy a ticket home, a Travelers Aid representative
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