Diane, I used Bittrex to convert all of my STEEM to BTC without any issues. They have HIVE/BTC trading too, although I have not tried that. You could send the BTC to Kraken if you have that exchange linked to your fiat account. Safe travels! Looking forward to photos :-)
Thaks I will look into that too. I think I may have tried signing up with Bittrex and saw that Steem was not traded there anymore. I may be wrong. I've tried so many ways, that I'm forgetting now who all I have tried.LOL! Now I am very wary of Steemit altogether, as they are no longer showing me my wallet transactions this morning. I'm hoping it is just a glitch, because I had used Wallet to try to communicate with the guys operating Steemscan and of course it showed my transfer of 500 Steem to them! Once bitten, twice shy!
Now my wallet has totally disappeared, so all of this may be moot! I think Steemit or someone on there has robbed me. That's what I get for speaking out on there against their "conversion" scheme!I wrote a post on there trying to get to the bottom of the Steemscan SteemsSCAM! Ugh! Being truthful these days seems to be a great hazard of life.
Thanks! Strange, but my wallet on Steemit is now only visible if I sign into Wallet, but at least it appears to be still there - minus the Transaction history, which was my proof of transfer and communication with Steemscan. I think I am going to try the simpleswap route first because I just need to get the BTC to Kraken.
Good luck. I hope all goes well!
Now something else very fishy is going on. Steem has disappeared from simpleswap! It was there yesterday when @daveks first mentioned it and I checked it out. Now even if I put Steem in their search, it is not found! They have deleted my wallet transactions over on Steemit too, and now they appear to be stopping us from getting Steem out in any way at all!
Yikes! I had no trouble with Bittrex, but Moved all of my Steem right after Hive came on line, so it’s been awhile.
I hadn't tried Bittrex.The problem arose with simpleswap. I have given Bittrex everything about me now and am in, but I am going crazy trying to find where the wallet is. It is not showing up across the top bar no matter what I click. I think I must be jinxed. LOL!
I managed successfully to send all my Steem to Bittrex! Yay! Thanks for the help! Now if I can just recover my 500 Steem from the Steemscan guys, I'll be even happier! I can't do much with the bit of Steem Power left there because of delagations, and I can't figure out where they are goin - probably to folks who are no longer on there either. LOL!
Congratulations. Have a great trip with the proceeds...and take lots of pictures :-D
Now my main decision is: do I cash out now or wait a few days? LOL!