EvelynVogtGamble

Miss L. Toe wrote:

    > "zxcvbnm2bg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    >
    >>Greetings! I shall be traveling to UK next month. I shall need to
    >>convert dollars to pounds. Do the money exchange facilities are
    >>available at Dallas airport or at Gatewick airport? Any suggestions
    >>about changing money will be helpful. With thanks.
    >
    >
    > www.travelex.co.uk will give you a good indication of the current rate at
    > Gatwick, I'm not sure if you can order in advance for inbound flights - but
    > I dont see why not.
    >
    > To me convienience is more important than saving a buck in a hundred.

That's my attitude, too. I expect travel to cost me more
than simply staying home, so budget accordingly. I refuse
to spoil my pleasure in an expensive vacation by worrying
over minor expenses I may incur! I may "shop" for airfares
and hotel accommodations, but if a few dollars in bank
charges represents a determining factor in whether or not I
can afford the trip, the answer is "No, better stay home".

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Bill Lederer

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:22:21 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >zxcvbnm2bg wrote:
    >> Greetings! I shall be traveling to UK next month. I shall need to
    >> convert dollars to pounds. Do the money exchange facilities are
    >> available at Dallas airport or at Gatewick airport? Any suggestions
    >> about changing money will be helpful. With thanks.
Where can you exchange the UK money when you leave Englind?

Cathy

Des Small

[email protected] writes:

    > On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:22:21 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > >
    > >
    > >zxcvbnm2bg wrote:
    > >
    > >> Greetings! I shall be traveling to UK next month. I shall need to
    > >> convert dollars to pounds. Do the money exchange facilities are
    > >> available at Dallas airport or at Gatewick airport? Any suggestions
    > >> about changing money will be helpful. With thanks.
    > Where can you exchange the UK money when you leave Englind?

In the Red Lion puvlic house ("pub") in Throdmorton Street; ask for
Jim.

Des

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    > Miss L. Toe wrote:
    >> "zxcvbnm2bg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected] oups.com...
    >>>Greetings! I shall be traveling to UK next month. I shall need to
    >>>convert dollars to pounds. Do the money exchange facilities are
    >>>available at Dallas airport or at Gatewick airport? Any suggestions
    >>>about changing money will be helpful. With thanks.
    >> www.travelex.co.uk will give you a good indication of the current rate at
    >> Gatwick, I'm not sure if you can order in advance for inbound flights -
    >> but
    >> I dont see why not.
    >> To me convienience is more important than saving a buck in a hundred.
    > That's my attitude, too. I expect travel to cost me more than simply
    > staying home, so budget accordingly. I refuse to spoil my pleasure in an
    > expensive vacation by worrying over minor expenses I may incur! I may
    > "shop" for airfares and hotel accommodations, but if a few dollars in bank
    > charges represents a determining factor in whether or not I can afford the
    > trip, the answer is "No, better stay home".
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Rog

"Hatunen" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>Or go to a Post Office counter in town. They do commission-free
    >>currency exchange. At the moment the rate for the USD is 1.8709
    > per UKP (not sure how that compares with other exchange services).
    >>http://www.postoffice.co.uk/

    > Today's "true" rate os $1.7384 per pound, so the Post Office is
    > charging about 7.5%. Might as well use a forex counter at the
    > airport.

Oanda, a Travelex outlet, is quoting me $1.858, a 6.9% mark-up,
but that's a "delivery in the States" rate. =R=

Hatunen

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:27:34 -0400, "Rog'"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >"Hatunen" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>Or go to a Post Office counter in town. They do commission-free
    >>>currency exchange. At the moment the rate for the USD is 1.8709
    >> per UKP (not sure how that compares with other exchange services).
    >>>http://www.postoffice.co.uk/
    >> Today's "true" rate os $1.7384 per pound, so the Post Office is
    >> charging about 7.5%. Might as well use a forex counter at the
    >> airport.
    >Oanda, a Travelex outlet, is quoting me $1.858, a 6.9% mark-up,
    >but that's a "delivery in the States" rate. =R=

OANDA has a shipping charge for orders under $750.

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Briegull

One thing to remember before leaving: LET YOUR BANK (for ATM) AND
CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOW you're going abroad so they won't suddenly dry
up on you when they realize that instead of hitting the wall in East
Podunk you're hitting it in Berlin or London or Bangkok.

JohnT

"briegull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > One thing to remember before leaving: LET YOUR BANK (for ATM) AND
    > CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOW you're going abroad so they won't suddenly dry
    > up on you when they realize that instead of hitting the wall in East
    > Podunk you're hitting it in Berlin or London or Bangkok.

does this actually ever happen? I have used a variety of credit cards
throughout Europe and North America over the past 30 years. I never ever
told a credit card company that I was travelling and I have never ever had a
transaction refused. And I often buy also items via Internet from US
Companies without any problems at all.

JohnT

Bill Lederer

On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 20:46:22 -0400, "Robert J Carpenter"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >My experience has been that it's cheaper to convert at the European
    >end of the trip, but you shouldn't be coverting much money that way -
    >$100 or so at max. Use your ATM card while in the UK to obtain most of
    >the money you need. Charge everything possible on credit cards.
    >And don't enter the PIN wrong. I did in the ATM next to my credit
    >union and the machine ate my card. It'll be close to two weeks before
    >I have a new one. Scares me to think of this happening on an overseas
    >trip. Makes me convinced I should continue to carry some Trevellers
    >Checks as a last-ditch backup.
    >bob c.
    >"zxcvbnm2bg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected] roups.com...
    >> Greetings! I shall be traveling to UK next month. I shall need to
    >> convert dollars to pounds. Do the money exchange facilities are
    >> available at Dallas airport or at Gatewick airport? Any suggestions
    >> about changing money will be helpful. With thanks.
    >>
So, for two days in England, I guess we should convert about $100
American money. Then use credit cards for other purchases.

Cathy

Pltrgyst

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:18:52 +0100, "JohnT" <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >> One thing to remember before leaving: LET YOUR BANK (for ATM) AND
    >> CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOW you're going abroad so they won't suddenly dry
    >> up on you when they realize that instead of hitting the wall in East
    >> Podunk you're hitting it in Berlin or London or Bangkok.
    >does this actually ever happen? I have used a variety of credit cards
    >throughout Europe and North America over the past 30 years. I never ever
    >told a credit card company that I was travelling and I have never ever had a
    >transaction refused.

Yes, I have had it happen twice in the last five years while travelling in
Europe. Both times were about a week into the trip, and for relatively small
purchases in bookstores. Each time I wound up spending about a half-hour on the
store telephone to reassure VISA and my bank that it really was me.

-- Larry

Miss L. Toe

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    > On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 20:46:22 -0400, "Robert J Carpenter"
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >My experience has been that it's cheaper to convert at the European
    > >end of the trip, but you shouldn't be coverting much money that way -
    > >$100 or so at max. Use your ATM card while in the UK to obtain most of
    > >the money you need. Charge everything possible on credit cards.
    > >
    > >And don't enter the PIN wrong. I did in the ATM next to my credit
    > >union and the machine ate my card. It'll be close to two weeks before
    > >I have a new one. Scares me to think of this happening on an overseas
    > >trip. Makes me convinced I should continue to carry some Trevellers
    > >Checks as a last-ditch backup.
    > >
    > >bob c.
    > >
    > >"zxcvbnm2bg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > >news:[email protected] roups.com...
    > >> Greetings! I shall be traveling to UK next month. I shall need to
    > >> convert dollars to pounds. Do the money exchange facilities are
    > >> available at Dallas airport or at Gatewick airport? Any suggestions
    > >> about changing money will be helpful. With thanks.
    > >>
    > >
    > So, for two days in England, I guess we should convert about $100
    > American money. Then use credit cards for other purchases.
    > Cathy

That really depends on how much of things like food and entrance fees are
going to be provided for you.

100 USD won't go very far in London for two people. It might cover one
reasonable meal.

Congokid

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<[email protected]> writes
    >"briegull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected] roups.com...
    >> One thing to remember before leaving: LET YOUR BANK (for ATM) AND
    >> CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOW you're going abroad so they won't suddenly dry
    >> up on you when they realize that instead of hitting the wall in East
    >> Podunk you're hitting it in Berlin or London or Bangkok.
    >does this actually ever happen? I have used a variety of credit cards
    >throughout Europe and North America over the past 30 years. I never ever
    >told a credit card company that I was travelling and I have never ever had a
    >transaction refused. And I often buy also items via Internet from US
    >Companies without any problems at all.

They might do if the odd pattern of transactions continued beyond a
specified period.

When my replacement credit card was stolen somewhere in the postal
system, the issuer only stepped in five-six weeks and UKP 2,400 later to
put a stop to further purchases.

As the original card had been lying in my sock drawer for the previous
year, with only a monthly payment of about UKP 20 against it, the thief
gave the game away by bulk buying mobile phones, not to mention
groceries, petrol and delivered meals.

I have had occasions abroad when my card was refused during a
transaction, but they were presumably for other reasons than the issuer
stopping the card.

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Congokid

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Miss L. Toe <[email protected]> writes
    ><[email protected]> wrote in message
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    >> So, for two days in England, I guess we should convert about $100
    >> American money. Then use credit cards for other purchases.

    >That really depends on how much of things like food and entrance fees are
    >going to be provided for you.
    >100 USD won't go very far in London for two people. It might cover one
    >reasonable meal.

As others have said, you can pay for most things, including tube travel,
restaurant bills and cinema, attraction or theatre entrance tickets,
using a card of some type. A restaurant charging USD 100 for a meal for
two will almost certainly accept cards.

But if it was me, for two people for two days, I'd change USD 200
minimum. That's only about UKP 115.

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congokid
Eating out in London? Read my tips...
http://congokid.com

Bill Lederer

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:41:42 -0400, pltrgyst
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:18:52 +0100, "JohnT" <[email protected]>
    >wrote:
    >>> One thing to remember before leaving: LET YOUR BANK (for ATM) AND
    >>> CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOW you're going abroad so they won't suddenly dry
    >>> up on you when they realize that instead of hitting the wall in East
    >>> Podunk you're hitting it in Berlin or London or Bangkok.
    >>does this actually ever happen? I have used a variety of credit cards
    >>throughout Europe and North America over the past 30 years. I never ever
    >>told a credit card company that I was travelling and I have never ever had a
    >>transaction refused.
    >Yes, I have had it happen twice in the last five years while travelling in
    >Europe. Both times were about a week into the trip, and for relatively small
    >purchases in bookstores. Each time I wound up spending about a half-hour on the
    >store telephone to reassure VISA and my bank that it really was me.
    >-- Larry

We went to our credit union and told them the dates we would be gone.
They said that everyone should do it.

Cathy

EvelynVogtGamble

JohnT wrote:
    > "briegull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected] oups.com...
    >
    >>One thing to remember before leaving: LET YOUR BANK (for ATM) AND
    >>CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOW you're going abroad so they won't suddenly dry
    >>up on you when they realize that instead of hitting the wall in East
    >>Podunk you're hitting it in Berlin or London or Bangkok.
    >
    >
    > does this actually ever happen? I have used a variety of credit cards
    > throughout Europe and North America over the past 30 years. I never ever
    > told a credit card company that I was travelling and I have never ever had a
    > transaction refused. And I often buy also items via Internet from US
    > Companies without any problems at all.

It's probably more likely to happen if you have always used
the card only in your home country, and they suddenly notice
charges from abroad. Also, I think credit card companies
are becoming more and more cautious about possible "identity
theft" issues. (A couple of telephone calls to avoid
possible problems seems a reasonable precaution, even if
it's not strictly necessary.)

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