Global Shopping

Updated: August 06, 2008

Your dollar is falling! No, it didn't fall out of your pocket (made you look), but it is getting weaker in relation to other currencies around the world.

In 2002, 86 American cents would have gotten you one Euro on the other side of the pond. Today, it will cost you $1.40. That means you'll spend a lot more money on your vacation in Spain than you would have before.

You'd have to go back at least a decade to find a time when the U.S. dollar was so weak. Against the Canadian dollar (the "loonie"), you'd have to go back 30 years. That's why Canadians are spending more money in the U.S. -- their dollar stretches a lot further than it did before.

How far would your dollar go in Paris, France or Tokyo, Japan? What about Bangkok, Thailand?

Jet set with channelone.com as we travel around the globe to shop for the same stuff in four different cities.