Anyone see this yet? Exchange rate
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Anyone see this yet? Exchange rate
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4037191/
We were planning to go over to England in the summer but we don't have much money, soo maybe not now!
We were planning to go over to England in the summer but we don't have much money, soo maybe not now!
#2
So were we; I was planning on paying off my student debts in a lump sum also, but that's out of the question at the moment, I'd effectively be wasting 30% of my money. At the moment I'm deffered, so that's OK.
Gonna hold out until the exchange rate improves slightly.
Gonna hold out until the exchange rate improves slightly.
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Reading the article, I'd say don't go to london, everything is massively overpriced in london, even cans of coke, £1.75 in london, £0.50 outside london.... even tho the dollar is quite bad for americans, its not too bad from our point of view (coming over soon)...
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1.75 for a coke in London - did you buy it in Harrods and have it gift wrapped?
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Re: Anyone see this yet? Exchange rate
Originally posted by Steff
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4037191/
We were planning to go over to England in the summer but we don't have much money, soo maybe not now!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4037191/
We were planning to go over to England in the summer but we don't have much money, soo maybe not now!
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London is notoriously expensive, always has been...If I was a tourist i'd visit more the more intresting areas of the UK first and then visit London last.
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Originally posted by ireland132
1.75 for a coke in London - did you buy it in Harrods and have it gift wrapped?
1.75 for a coke in London - did you buy it in Harrods and have it gift wrapped?
Nah just lived nearby and went there lots (London not Harrods), and finding everything dear. Where did you buy discount drinks from?
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Originally posted by tony_2003
London is notoriously expensive, always has been...If I was a tourist i'd visit more the more intresting areas of the UK first and then visit London last.
London is notoriously expensive, always has been...If I was a tourist i'd visit more the more intresting areas of the UK first and then visit London last.
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Originally posted by tony_2003
London is notoriously expensive, always has been...If I was a tourist i'd visit more the more intresting areas of the UK first and then visit London last.
London is notoriously expensive, always has been...If I was a tourist i'd visit more the more intresting areas of the UK first and then visit London last.
Would definitely agree about getting out of London. Try Stratford for something quintessentially English, then get up to the Lake District, with perhaps places like Canterbury and Winchester for a nice mix between the old and new. One day in London, seeing the sights.
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I would also recomend Edinburgh during the festival and the North of Scotland for the most beautiful scenery in Britain
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Re: Anyone see this yet? Exchange rate
Originally posted by Steff
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4037191/
We were planning to go over to England in the summer but we don't have much money, soo maybe not now!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4037191/
We were planning to go over to England in the summer but we don't have much money, soo maybe not now!
A travel card for the day will cost you around a fiver (9 bucks) and the tube is easily the best and cheapest way around london and you can use it on some mainline trains and all the buses.
If you do a little research you should be able to enjoy london fairly cheaply, like all large cities its gonna be expensive whenever you go.
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Originally posted by tony_2003
Wow, my comment made no sense...glad you deciphered it lol
Wow, my comment made no sense...glad you deciphered it lol