Travel Money info ?

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Not sure if this is the correct section, so please move if it isn't.

I'm looking for info on Foreign currency rates.

I'm going to buy some Euro's, and have been buying them at M&S for around £1= 1.40 Euro.

I was wondering there there is a website that can show what the rates have been in the past, so i can tell if it's low now, but will increase at certain times of the year etc...

Anyone any idea ?.

Astaroth

Most stockmarket trackers will give currencies for example:

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/currency/13/12/default.stm

Of cause this is market value rather than travel money but there is a close relationship between the two

grumbler

See also: http://oanda.com/convert/fxhistory
And don't try predicting future rates. You cannot win playing currency exchange games with professionals.

P.S. Also try to get Nationwide card(s) and forget about buying foreign currency forever: Spending Overseas: Cut the cost by over 6%

mikemoate

Travelex have a rate tracker but it only gives you the rate over the last 30 days.

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Thanks, all very helpful.

I'm not trying to play the market really, it'd just annoy me if i bought £1,000 worth of euro's today @ 1.40 and tomorrow it goes upto 1.46-1.50 , but thats life i guess.

thanks all.

pin

Have a look at my post here about where the best places are to buy currency:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=201733In terms of tracking you can use Oanado, which is quite good.

edda

grumbler wrote:

See also: http://oanda.com/convert/fxhistory
And don't try predicting future rates. You cannot win playing currency exchange games with professionals.

If you use this, you'll find the £ under B for British!

(Don't you just hate trying UK, GB and even England before you can find what you're looking for?)