Cheapest place to change currency....£60 so small amount

flufff

My daughter is going Paris on Monday its a school trip.Shes allowed to take £60 worth of euros.
I know some places charge a percentage others a set fee others both.Ive only got saturday to do this.Can anyone recommend cheapest place to get it changed for her.I'm a single parent so dont want to throw unecessary few quid away as that will buy her batteries/travel adapter/camera from poundshop.
many thanks

Lady_E

M&s are commission free. Rates are also very competitive as well .

grade15

marks and spencers have one of the best rates ..and then HSBC..2nd.
worth a try and u can check online to check..

flufff

I cant find a link for m&s......can I actually do that instore though?

flufff

Ive been looking at post office seems better than Thomas Cook as no commision so what do they actually make out of it or is the conversion rate poor?

flufff

I bank with abbey so can I go through HSBC please bear with my ignorance I havent been abroad since I was 16...18 years ago so have never had to do this before

lily_the_pink

flufff wrote:

I cant find a link for m&s......can I actually do that instore though?

I always do in-store. Will depend on the store - dont assume (as I did once) that a large M&S will have an exchange counter
THis is a link to the ones that do:

http://www2.marksandspencer.com/thecompany/our_stores/results.asp?Productrange=3

For that amount of money, almost any commission free place will do as the difference in ex rate is not going to make massive difference in the money. I think Post Office is commission free now.

flufff

thankyou for your help,its greatly appreciated.I shall be pulling my hair out saturday organising her then fretting when she goes but its something I didnt want her to miss.

Samalex

today first choice were the best exchange rate in shop than MS or the post office