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livinginreality Oct 30th 2015 4:03 am

Euro exchange rate help please!
 
Hi we're travelling to Spain in a few days.Is it better to exchange our money within the UK (exchange rate today is 1.27 at the PO)or we will get a better exchange rate within Spain?If so,can anyone advise if its better to change at Malaga airport or other?TIA

Fredbargate Oct 30th 2015 4:25 am

Re: Euro exchange rate help please!
 
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/

At the moment Yahoo are showing just over 1.40 therefore in the street in Gibraltar ( not Spain ) I would expect to get 1.38+

tommy.irene Oct 30th 2015 7:32 am

Re: Euro exchange rate help please!
 
Pounds to Euros (GBP/EUR) and Euros to Pounds Currency Converter. ..is showing 1.40..

VFR Oct 30th 2015 8:55 am

Re: Euro exchange rate help please!
 

Originally Posted by livinginreality (Post 11783020)
Hi we're travelling to Spain in a few days.Is it better to exchange our money within the UK (exchange rate today is 1.27 at the PO)or we will get a better exchange rate within Spain?If so,can anyone advise if its better to change at Malaga airport or other?TIA

Doubt that any airport exchange place will be better than a bank/PO.
Most I know use their card (not credit card) as some nowadays give very good rates with very little commission (Halifax have a card with no charges)

No need to carry money around so it could be safer & if you go this route always select Euros & not GBP on the screen.

scot47 Nov 4th 2015 1:40 pm

Re: Euro exchange rate help please!
 
Use an ATM and run the risk of the card being read ? I prefer a pocket full of cash !

tommy.irene Nov 4th 2015 8:16 pm

Re: Euro exchange rate help please!
 

Originally Posted by scot47 (Post 11786547)
Use an ATM and run the risk of the card being read ? I prefer a pocket full of cash !

I always use the one inside the Bank..

scot47 Nov 7th 2015 5:24 am

Re: Euro exchange rate help please!
 
Yes. That is safer ! I would be very wary of using an ATM in the street - ANYWHERE. These Lebanese Scanners are everywhere now. That is the "racist" name given to the photography devices clipped onto an ATM.


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