Best place to change Czech Koruna into UK Pounds?

DomSez

I've recently come back from a holiday in Prague, and have 2000Kr left, which, when buying, would be approx £80. When I went, £1 gave me 25.78Kr, but I think for buying it back they'll want around 30Kr to the pound, which will give me significantly less than I bought it for.

Is there a good place to change it at the moment, please, or, since I may go back in a few years, should I just keep hold of it? The Koruna has been dropping over the years and so I'd be better off keeping it, but I don't want to go back in a few years and find they've changed the bank notes and I'm stuffed.

Thanks in advance for any help.

DomSez

Anyone know, please? I went into Tesco earlier and they would give me £65.46 for 2000kr based on today's rate of selling at 30.55Kr to the pound. Think I'll forget that one.

catokelly

DVDfever wrote: »

Anyone know, please? I went into Tesco earlier and they would give me £65.46 for 2000kr based on today's rate of selling at 30.55Kr to the pound. Think I'll forget that one.

Go to Martin Lewis's Travelmoneymax tool, on the buyback section it will give you a list of the best rates http://travelmoney.moneysavingexpert.com/buy-back/#results

However for such a small amount I wouldnt waste too much time worrying about the rates, it wont make much of a difference because it's a small amount.

DomSez

catokelly wrote: »

Go to Martin Lewis's Travelmoneymax tool, on the buyback section it will give you a list of the best rates http://travelmoney.moneysavingexpert.com/buy-back/#results

However for such a small amount I wouldnt waste too much time worrying about the rates, it wont make much of a difference because it's a small amount.

Thanks very much for the link. Since I'd only get just under £70 at most, I'm inclined to keep hold of it. Any ideas where I can find out how often the Czech Republic changes their bank notes? I tried a google but to no available. Thanks again.

catokelly

DVDfever wrote: »

Thanks very much for the link. Since I'd only get just under £70 at most, I'm inclined to keep hold of it. Any ideas where I can find out how often the Czech Republic changes their bank notes? I tried a google but to no available. Thanks again.

They dont change their notes very often and their present notes are quite recent. Even if they did, they would allow you plenty of time to exchange the old notes at the central banks. When do you plan to go again?

DomSez

catokelly wrote: »

They dont change their notes very often and their present notes are quite recent. Even if they did, they would allow you plenty of time to exchange the old notes at the central banks. When do you plan to go again?

Thanks for the info. I haven't been on holiday abroad before this in 14 years so now I've got the bug for it, I'd go to a few other places first and return to Prague in about 5 years time.

Is there somewhere that can send out updates about when various countries are about to change their banknotes? Obviously, we'll get advance notice about UK ones as we live in the UK, but we never hear about ones from other countries. Ta.

catokelly

DVDfever wrote: »

Thanks for the info. I haven't been on holiday abroad before this in 14 years so now I've got the bug for it, I'd go to a few other places first and return to Prague in about 5 years time.

Is there somewhere that can send out updates about when various countries are about to change their banknotes? Obviously, we'll get advance notice about UK ones as we live in the UK, but we never hear about ones from other countries. Ta.

This site shows recent foreign currency notes that have been changed so far this year: http://www.mriguide.com/updates.htm I dont know of any website that would email you to alert you though...