Jo M

Hi,

I'm traveling to Slovenia in September. A friend told me that Slovenia
being new to the EU, hasn't started using euros yet. When I go to hotel and
car rental websites the rates are quoted in euros. I'd like to know which
is the currency to be used there. Will I need both? We will be going to
some of the major cities and also to some small towns where my parents grew
up.

Thanks,
Jo




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Markku Grönroos

"Jo M" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
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    > Hi,
    > I'm traveling to Slovenia in September. A friend told me that Slovenia
    > being new to the EU, hasn't started using euros yet. When I go to hotel
and
    > car rental websites the rates are quoted in euros. I'd like to know which
    > is the currency to be used there. Will I need both? We will be going to
    > some of the major cities and also to some small towns where my parents
grew

Tolar is the name for the Slovenian money. Right now one euro buys around
230 tolars.

Markku Grönroos

"Markku Grönroos" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
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    > "Jo M" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > I'm traveling to Slovenia in September. A friend told me that Slovenia
    > > being new to the EU, hasn't started using euros yet. When I go to hotel
    > and
    > > car rental websites the rates are quoted in euros. I'd like to know
which
    > > is the currency to be used there. Will I need both? We will be going
to
    > > some of the major cities and also to some small towns where my parents
    > grew
    > Tolar is the name for the Slovenian money. Right now one euro buys around
    > 230 tolars.
Actually the currency seems to be pegged on euro recently.

Edoardo Vancini

"Jo M" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
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    > Hi,
    > I'm traveling to Slovenia in September. A friend told me that Slovenia
    > being new to the EU, hasn't started using euros yet.

United Kingdom is very old to the EU, nevertheless they don't use Euros.
We shouldn't confuse the EU (25 countries) with the "Euroland" (12 countries
if I don't go wrong).
The Slovenian currency nowaday is Tolar, *not* Euro.

    >When I go to hotel and
    > car rental websites the rates are quoted in euros. I'd like to know which
    > is the currency to be used there. Will I need both? We will be going to
    > some of the major cities and also to some small towns where my parents
grew
    > up.

Euro is generally accepted, but the Slovenian currency is Tolar.

Edoardo

Tom Peel

Edoardo Vancini wrote:
    > "Jo M" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
    > news:[email protected]...
    >
    >>Hi,
    >>I'm traveling to Slovenia in September. A friend told me that Slovenia
    >>being new to the EU, hasn't started using euros yet.
    >
    >
    > United Kingdom is very old to the EU, nevertheless they don't use Euros.
    > We shouldn't confuse the EU (25 countries) with the "Euroland" (12 countries
    > if I don't go wrong).
    > The Slovenian currency nowaday is Tolar, *not* Euro.
    >
    >
    >>When I go to hotel and
    >>car rental websites the rates are quoted in euros. I'd like to know which
    >>is the currency to be used there. Will I need both? We will be going to
    >>some of the major cities and also to some small towns where my parents
    >
    > grew
    >
    >>up.
    >
    >
    > Euro is generally accepted, but the Slovenian currency is Tolar.
    >
    > Edoardo
    >
    >
Beautifully designed coins, unfortunately almost worthless.
T.

nitram

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 19:13:28 +0200, Tom Peel
<[email protected]> wrote:


    >Beautifully designed coins, unfortunately almost worthless.

One could say the same about English coins, other than the beautifully
designed bit.

Jo M

Thanks, all, for responding. I knew that toler is the Slovenian currency
which I used the last time I was there in '01. I guess my inquiry was
unclear. What I want to know is *which* will I having to use? Euros or
tolers, or both...I'm thinking maybe the cities may accept euros and perhaps
some villages will want tolers. The response that said euros are generally
accepted makes me think I may need both.
Is that correct?

Jo


"Jo M" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Hi,
    > I'm traveling to Slovenia in September. A friend told me that Slovenia
    > being new to the EU, hasn't started using euros yet. When I go to hotel
and
    > car rental websites the rates are quoted in euros. I'd like to know which
    > is the currency to be used there. Will I need both? We will be going to
    > some of the major cities and also to some small towns where my parents
grew
    > up.
    > Thanks,
    > Jo
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Sjoerd

"Jo M" <[email protected]> schreef in bericht
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    > Thanks, all, for responding. I knew that toler is the Slovenian currency
    > which I used the last time I was there in '01. I guess my inquiry was
    > unclear. What I want to know is *which* will I having to use? Euros or
    > tolers, or both...I'm thinking maybe the cities may accept euros and
perhaps
    > some villages will want tolers. The response that said euros are
generally
    > accepted makes me think I may need both.
    > Is that correct?

No, that is not correct. You *need* only tolars. In almost every country in
the world, you need to use local currency, which are tolars in Slovenia. The
fact that some - or even most- businesses will accept a "foreign" currency
(often at a bad exchange rate) doesn't change the fact that you will need
tolars.

Sjoerd

Tile

I have been in Slovenia on the very day of their joining EU.
first of all
use of credit card is widely spread.
I could have been there without any money at all
starting from the toll road.

on my way back I stopped at a small restaurant
ate very well at a reasonbale price
paid in Euros and got my change in euros too
"Jo M" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:[email protected]...
    > Thanks, all, for responding. I knew that toler is the Slovenian currency
    > which I used the last time I was there in '01. I guess my inquiry was
    > unclear. What I want to know is *which* will I having to use? Euros or
    > tolers, or both...I'm thinking maybe the cities may accept euros and
perhaps
    > some villages will want tolers. The response that said euros are
generally
    > accepted makes me think I may need both.
    > Is that correct?
    > Jo
    > "Jo M" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > I'm traveling to Slovenia in September. A friend told me that Slovenia
    > > being new to the EU, hasn't started using euros yet. When I go to hotel
    > and
    > > car rental websites the rates are quoted in euros. I'd like to know
which
    > > is the currency to be used there. Will I need both? We will be going
to
    > > some of the major cities and also to some small towns where my parents
    > grew
    > > up.
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > > Jo
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
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Ken Wheatley

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:21:11 -0400, "Jo M" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Hi,
    >I'm traveling to Slovenia in September. A friend told me that Slovenia
    >being new to the EU, hasn't started using euros yet. When I go to hotel and
    >car rental websites the rates are quoted in euros. I'd like to know which
    >is the currency to be used there. Will I need both? We will be going to
    >some of the major cities and also to some small towns where my parents grew
    >up.
Slovenia is not in the Eurozone, nor is it in the ERM II (only Denmark
is). AIUI this means that its value is independent of the Euro.

I was there in July was confused, for a while. Of course Tolars are
accepted absolutely everywhere, but Euros are very widely accepted.
Most restaurants we went to had dual prices, and some were displayed
in euros only. We saw other signs (e.g for taxis) advertising rates in
euro, and as someone else pointed out you may well receive change in
Euros.

Kevin

Well no of the new members have joined the Euro.
But I'm guessing they have no problem accepting Euros
as it "probably" would help them later to join.
Anyway, I don't think you'll have a problem using Visa
or ATM cards there either.
If you want a useful Anagram for remembering which countries
are in the Euro = "Baffling Pigs" - go work it out!!

K




Jo M wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I'm traveling to Slovenia in September. A friend told me that Slovenia
    > being new to the EU, hasn't started using euros yet. When I go to hotel and
    > car rental websites the rates are quoted in euros. I'd like to know which
    > is the currency to be used there. Will I need both? We will be going to
    > some of the major cities and also to some small towns where my parents grew
    > up.
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Jo
    >
    >
    >
    >
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Kevin

FYI!

1.00 EUR Euro = 240.054 SIT Slovenia Tolars
1 EUR = 240.054 SIT 1 SIT = 0.00416573 EUR




Markku Grönroos wrote:
    > "Markku Grönroos" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
    > news:[email protected]...
    >
    >>"Jo M" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
    >>news:[email protected]...
    >>>Hi,
    >>>I'm traveling to Slovenia in September. A friend told me that Slovenia
    >>>being new to the EU, hasn't started using euros yet. When I go to hotel
    >>and
    >>>car rental websites the rates are quoted in euros. I'd like to know
    > which
    >
    >>>is the currency to be used there. Will I need both? We will be going
    > to
    >
    >>>some of the major cities and also to some small towns where my parents
    >>grew
    >>Tolar is the name for the Slovenian money. Right now one euro buys around
    >>230 tolars.
    >
    > Actually the currency seems to be pegged on euro recently.
    >
    >

Gorazd Bozic

Ken Wheatley wrote:
    >
    > Slovenia is not in the Eurozone, nor is it in the ERM II (only Denmark
    > is). AIUI this means that its value is independent of the Euro.

Slovenia (along with Estonia and Lithuania) entered ERM II at the end of
June 2004:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_fi...ecision_en.pdf

If all goes well, euro will replace tolar in 2007. IIRC everyone is
encouraged to start displaying prices in both tolar and euro.

Gorazd

Markku Grönroos

"Ken Wheatley" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
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    > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:21:11 -0400, "Jo M" <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >Hi,
    > >
    > >I'm traveling to Slovenia in September. A friend told me that Slovenia
    > >being new to the EU, hasn't started using euros yet. When I go to hotel
and
    > >car rental websites the rates are quoted in euros. I'd like to know
which
    > >is the currency to be used there. Will I need both? We will be going to
    > >some of the major cities and also to some small towns where my parents
grew
    > >up.
    > >
    > Slovenia is not in the Eurozone, nor is it in the ERM II (only Denmark
    > is). AIUI this means that its value is independent of the Euro.
For instance Estonian currency has been pegged first to German currency and
later to Euro currency. Naturally Estonians have all the freedom (hence
being independent) to follow whatever fiscal policy.

Tim Challenger

On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:27:30 +0200, Kevin wrote:

    > If you want a useful Anagram for remembering which countries
    > are in the Euro = "Baffling Pigs" - go work it out!!

I like it.
You missed out Montenegro, Monaco, San Marino, Andorra and the Vatican City
amongst others. ;-)

--
Tim C.