If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
@@@ Exchange rate @@@
Hi all,
I am due to go to Boston at the end of this month, I was wondering would it be more beneficial for me to exchange my GBP for USD before I leave or should I wait until I get to Boston? TIA Regards Blakey |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
@@@ Exchange rate @@@
"Blakey" wrote in message ... Hi all, I am due to go to Boston at the end of this month, I was wondering would it be more beneficial for me to exchange my GBP for USD before I leave or should I wait until I get to Boston? If I could make those sort of predictions I'd be a currency trader Seriously the best exchange rate is probably obtainable by using your ATM card over there. Dont bother with travellers cheques and do take enough cash with you to pay for taxis , tips etc when you first arrive. You wont find it as easy to change sterling to dollars in Boston as it is to change dollars to sterling in the UK. I find most of my large expenses like hotels and travel end up on the old credit card anyway. Keith |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
@@@ Exchange rate @@@
"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ... "Blakey" wrote in message ... Hi all, I am due to go to Boston at the end of this month, I was wondering would it be more beneficial for me to exchange my GBP for USD before I leave or should I wait until I get to Boston? If I could make those sort of predictions I'd be a currency trader Seriously the best exchange rate is probably obtainable by using your ATM card over there. Dont bother with travellers cheques and do take enough cash with you to pay for taxis , tips etc when you first arrive. You wont find it as easy to change sterling to dollars in Boston as it is to change dollars to sterling in the UK. You got it. ATM at the destination is the way to go. You get a more honest exchange rate, while being paid off with the local currency. The money exchanges at the airports will drain you dry. If you have the time, stopping off at a local Bank for exchange is usually the best way to go. I find most of my large expenses like hotels and travel end up on the old credit card anyway. Be careful though. When I travel, my wife gets on line, & checks my Credit Card activity almost every day. I've had my numbers hijacked many times. Luckly she cancells them before any harm is done. I get a new one Fed Ex'd to me on the next day. Keith |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
@@@ Exchange rate @@@
"Blakey" wrote:
I am due to go to Boston at the end of this month, I was wondering would it be more beneficial for me to exchange my GBP for USD before I leave or should I wait until I get to Boston? As others have said, using an ATM card may be best (and use credit cards for merchants); however, I always get some foreign currency before I leave, either from a bank or, more recently, from an online foreign currency service. [Rog'] |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
READ BEFORE POSTING rec.travel.europe FAQ | Yves Bellefeuille | Europe | 3 | March 25th, 2006 10:05 AM |
rec.travel.europe FAQ | Yves Bellefeuille | Europe | 2 | March 18th, 2004 09:39 PM |
rec.travel.europe FAQ | Yves Bellefeuille | Europe | 0 | February 16th, 2004 10:03 AM |
rec.travel.europe FAQ | Yves Bellefeuille | Europe | 0 | December 15th, 2003 09:49 AM |
rec.travel.europe FAQ | Yves Bellefeuille | Europe | 0 | October 10th, 2003 09:44 AM |