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turkish Lira buy now!

Hi everyone
Because of the jet plane incident last week between Greece and Turkey the Lira has tumbled aganist the pound. Last week the exchange rate was approx 220 to the pound and you can now get 2.94 to 2.74. If you are going in the next couple of months it may be worth getting some of your spending money now! I've just been to the post office and got 2.74 to the pound.
But if ever I stray from the path I follow
Take me down to the English Channel
Throw me in where the water is shallow And then drag me on back to shore!
'Cos love is free and life is cheap As long as I've got me a place to sleep
Clothes on my back and some food to eat I can't ask for anything more

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  • sloppychops
    sloppychops Posts: 6,742 Forumite
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    The exchange rate last week wasnt 2.2 to the pound.If you read on the HT website it starting increasing around 10 May.I exchanged some a couple of weeks ago and got 2.75 to the pound at M&S and it was still climbing then.
    "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
  • littlereddevil
    littlereddevil Posts: 4,752 Forumite
    You get more in Turkey
    travelover
  • notakid
    notakid Posts: 10,362 Forumite
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    Opps looks like I posted without getting my facts straight! My sister came back from turkey this week and said people who had arrived before her had got 220 to the pound and she had got 2.69 and she had surmised this was due to the jet incident but if its been increasing for a while.... we've talking out of our bottoms so sorry about that. Its strange that the price is getting better now though isn't it i would have thought it would have been the over way round due to the holiday season starting.
    But if ever I stray from the path I follow
    Take me down to the English Channel
    Throw me in where the water is shallow And then drag me on back to shore!
    'Cos love is free and life is cheap As long as I've got me a place to sleep
    Clothes on my back and some food to eat I can't ask for anything more
  • as i've said many times before if people can accurately predict what is going to happen to currencies they will be headhunted by top City firms as opposed to posting on here
  • budgetflyer
    budgetflyer Posts: 5,949 Forumite
    Travelex are now 2.84.
    Im going to keep an eye on this over the weekend. It may be worth buying soon
  • I am off to Turkey next Thursday - exchange rate currently:

    1.00 United Kingdom Pounds = 2.80170 Turkey New Lira

    Happy days!
    Office Monkey
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