US ($) Currency Thread 2

neilbond007

markymoo wrote: »

Oooh.. after that then I think i just hit my purchases right.. maybe a day or so out, but as I said, i budgeted $1.60 and got $1.65, so saved £26.. which i'll probably end up converting to dollars anyway nearer to the time, and i still think i'm taking TOO much money with me... sod it.. i'll spend it on beer

Yep. Looks like you got lucky old boy!
I think that sounds like an excellent plan. I've got a new favourite beer over here. It's an amber beer. It's made by "leinenkugel". Nectar!

sabretoothtigger

Governments are terrified of a weak dollar I remember reading, it threatens their own competitiveness so they keep on trashing their own currency to keep everything cheap to international customers

NZ dollar and probably Australia also is suffering from their own currency strength. Thats the bigger picture I think, your holiday money is of no importance to central banks

Cade_Foster

old monkfish goes away and look what happens hes got some answering to do when he comes back

sabretoothtigger

He obviously bought so much dollars he flipped the exchange rate

whatusername

The old GBP has taken a beating after the QE announcement, mores the pity.

kefrif

Yep, its gone down a bit to be sure (he says eating his words from a couple of days ago). But the lesson is that its touched $1.70 once, so my guess would be that its going to hit that point again, and probably quite soon.

My advice to all, such use as it is, is to budget any holiday monies at a retail rate of $1.63 - $1.65/£1 if you're away in the next 3 months (which is what I'm doing). You'll probably get a higher rate as time goes on, but that extra cash is gonna be like the cherry on the top.

Kefrif

Sanjay_2

1.7 is !!!!.

!!!! sake.

I was hoping it'd be more like the 2.1 i spunked over last year.

neilbond007

Sanjay wrote: »

1.7 is !!!!.

!!!! sake.

I was hoping it'd be more like the 2.1 i spunked over last year.

I was hoping to wake up next to Kim Kardashian this morning. But that never happened either.

1.70 is awesome compared to 6 months ago. Be grateful for small mercies...

Sanjay_2

neilbond007 wrote: »

I was hoping to wake up next to Kim Kardashian this morning. But that never happened either.

1.70 is awesome compared to 6 months ago. Be grateful for small mercies...

I am grateful.

Just not that much.

bestyman

DaMaNiAc82 wrote: »

I took out $US in a bank in Saigon with no problems whatsoever using my Nationwide card. Took all of 5 minutes. What makes you think it's impossible?

Why do you need $US for Vietnam? I paid for everything in Dong.

Thanks for the info.

I suppose you can get US$ there , just like you can in the UK. I was thinking more about using an ATM which I usually do. Is this an economical way to do it, is it a case of exchanging dongs for dollars?

If you paid for everything in dong why where you at the bank withdrawing dollars?;)

I need the dollars to pay for accomadation that I have booked, the owners wanted paying this way.