hi can some one help please soon as poss x

pinkgirl2009

hi im going to turkey this week and i have got £400 in strelin checks t/c
is this the best way with money.
whats the best way of taking money dont want to use my back card.
allso can i use them on the aircraft in in airports travlers c.
thank you .
i was told about a cash passport from thomas cook but not sure about it.. thanks if some one can help me i dont want to lose out on my own money with charges there on my travlers c they cost my £12 for £ 400. thanks if you can help:think:

wallbash

Went to Turkey back in July ...... it was hot !

The turks are great salesmen , they take anything and everything
Sterling /Lire/ Euro /Dollar.

It also depends where you are going , I went to the Med coast , flew to Antalya
very geared up to the Euro ,
If you had asked ealier I would have said anything BUT sterling travellers cheques.
Travllers cheques .... I havent used for years.
I took £50 in Turkish Lire and a prepaid card
If I went again , I would take less Lire, only spent it on a daily paper
more Euros and the prepaid card.

jhe

we were in marmaris in september all shops were happy to accept english notes and the exchange rate when buying goods worked out cheaper than paying in turkishytl.

pinkgirl2009

hi im going to marmaris i just dont want to take english money with me in case i lose my bag ect. i do have insurance but its only for £100..
what prepaid card did you use. thanks

pinkgirl2009

the sterling travellers cheques i could take back tomorow and they buy them back at 0% as i payed 12 for the £400.

wallbash

Take jhe advice ( and have a great time in marmaris)

I got my pre paid in a large branch of Tesco , I then used ATM's or in the smaller
towns they had currency 'shops' which I used .

Now someone will tell me I would have got a better deal at a bigger bank or an ATM

But when its well over 40 in the shade , and the atm or bank is a bus ride away
I will sacrifice the extra..... i'm on holiday.

PolishBigSpender

pinkgirl2009 wrote: »

hi im going to turkey this week and i have got £400 in strelin checks t/c

What on earth is "strelin checks t/c?"

I don't like emoticons and don't use them, but seems to be appropriate here.

stephb34

PBS Sterling Travellers cheques

Pink girl i take it you have these left over from a previous holiday, so what you really need to know is does it cost you to change the tcqs in turkey unfortunately i dont know but someone will. The pre paid cards are better than tcqs i have a Thomas cook euro one but as the rate for euros isnt very good at the moment you'd probably be better with turkish lira but then you have the problem with your insurance covering you, i dont know of anyone who does a turkish lira prepaid card and if you have a sterling one then you've got to pay commission to load these which is pointless when you already have sterling tcqs. Its a tricky one as your insurance covers such a small cash amount.