currency!?!?

[Thorogoods]

Hi Rodney,
Brought some Dollars this morning from the Post Office for $1.7424.

[fraser]

I have always found that American Express gives a good rate.

[ali and boyz]

JUST GOT OURS FROM M & S . RE TONISH - YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY ONLINE WE GOT OURS FROM OUR HIGH STREET M & S [msnsmile2]

[Steve and Dawn]

Does it have to be the high street? I always use a company called onlineFX (just do a search) I have always found them to give the best rates. Delivered next day.

[Katys Grandad]

Looking at the exchange rate plummeting over the last few days it looks like wherever you get your currency, it's going to be a fair bit less than we have been getting used to.

[amy]

There as been a slight drop over the last few days , however with the rate still hovering around $1.77, it is still very good value for money for a holiday, where costs are no where near like they are in the UK, you can still by a gallon of fuel for what you pay for a litre back home.



<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Katys Grandad
Looking at the exchange rate plummeting over the last few days it looks like wherever you get your currency, it's going to be a fair bit less than we have been getting used to.
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[Robert5988]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:There as been a slight drop over the last few days , however with the rate still hovering around $1.77, it is still very good value for money for a holiday, where costs are no where near like they are in the UK, you can still by a gallon of fuel for what you pay for a litre back home.
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Petrol is about $2.15 a US gallon – say £1.25. or approx £1.40 for an Imperial gallon

Still much cheaper than UK but not many places in UK I know that charge £1.25 a litre!

The point KG was making is that you will now get 7-8% less $$$s for your £££s than a couple of weeks ago.

[SunLover]

In the past we have used both M & S and OnlineFX. Both give better rates than most.

[Katys Grandad]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Robert5988
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:There as been a slight drop over the last few days , however with the rate still hovering around $1.77, it is still very good value for money for a holiday, where costs are no where near like they are in the UK, you can still by a gallon of fuel for what you pay for a litre back home.
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Petrol is about $2.15 a US gallon – say £1.25. or approx £1.40 for an Imperial gallon

Still much cheaper than UK but not many places in UK I know that charge £1.25 a litre!

The point KG was making is that you will now get 7-8% less $$$s for your £££s than a couple of weeks ago.




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That was indeed my point Robert. In May I was getting a tourist rate of around $1.90. Now it is more like $1.72.

As you say, it represents almost a 10% rise in price on everything you spend in the US. To me that makes a difference.

[domster]

I was shocked today when I went on the teletext and in 3 days the rate has dropped

I was going to change some money last week, but forgot, now getting a worse rate.