What's Going on with the Dollar rate???

**syrup** · 02-03-2013, 14:50

This will obviously have a knock-on effect to everything else like villa rental, car hire, flights and theme park tickets, so could push the the cost of a trip to Florida a lot higher.

**jimiansville** · 02-03-2013, 19:27

I was going to transfer some money out to my bank account through XE.com but it's sitting at around $1.46 just now. Think I'll wait until next week and see if there is a slight improvement.

**Philomena** · 02-03-2013, 19:32

I was collecting some currency today for our trip to Egypt and noticed that the dollar rate was only 1.445, and that was provided you were changing at least £750! Not good at the moment but hopefully it will get better.

**seanchai** · 02-03-2013, 21:40

I got $500 dollars to put in with the kids christmas - $1.57 (just before christmas ) after that fiasco with the tripple A drop the dollar has also dropped yesterday to $1.47...10 cents is a fair bit of money if yer planning on taking thousands of dollars ....i will hold of a bit and hope it climbes a bit higher again before i go for our holiday money to be changed .....can i ask if people on here prefer travelers cheques or do they use one of those cards that you put money into before you go ? We always went to europe and we never carried huge wads of cash anyway so never had the need for cheques or cards .

**Philomena** · 02-03-2013, 22:18

We take cash as a rule. A word of warning about the currency card - a couple of years ago we found one of these under a table round the lake in Celebration. I rang the emergency number on the back of the card when we got back to the Villa - the chap took all the details and then told me to cut up the card. I explained that I would prefer if they got in touch with the owner of the card and gave them my contact details so that we could take it too them. He wasn't happy about doing this, but I insisted, he reluctantly agreed but I was sure it was just to shut me up and get me off the phone. I never heard anything else about it! My point to him was that this card could have held all this persons holiday money on it and that it could ruin their holiday if they had lost this near the beginning of their stay. He really wasn't interested!!!!

Just something for you to think about as cards are very easy to loose or misplace (or is that just me it happens to?). No - it can't be just me. Not long before this I was walking past one of the Banks in Celebration and someone had used the ATM and forgot to take their card! Took that one into the Bank so they could contact the Customer.

**Katys Grandad** · 03-03-2013, 04:48

Originally Posted by syrup

This will obviously have a knock-on effect to everything else like villa rental, car hire, flights and theme park tickets, so could push the the cost of a trip to Florida a lot higher.

I think it already has Keith because it's around 10% lower than it was last summer. Flight prices in particular seem to have soared recently.

I'm sure most long term US visitors have seen these levels before and, thankfully, they haven't lasted too long in the past. I'm prepared to take the rough with the smooth because I've benefited from some good rates over the years (you only have to go back to the start of this thread to see where it's been). My big concern is that it will drop further and that these rates will become the long-term norm. In that event, the whole picture might change for me and I'd have to consider whether it still represented good value for money. I suppose only time will tell on that.

I'm back in Florida in a few weeks and can live with this but if it dropped below $1.40 for any length of time, I don't see myself making any new bookings at that level.

**Katys Grandad** · 08-03-2013, 16:31

Originally Posted by steph_goodrum

It usually seemsto be a bit lower at the weekend, I guess to allow for transactions over the weekend when the rate doesnt change weve found.

Sure enough, down again today and fell below $1.49 for a while. You might have something there!

**Tonish** · 09-03-2013, 21:24

It looks like it's on a one way move to about $1.35, although my predictions have always been rubbish. But I get paid in dollars so forgive me for wishful thinking!