The dollar and the £

jackieblack

snuffy wrote: »

i need the cash unfortunately, looks like it might be worth getting the cash in the UK as it seems some ATM's in the US charge for withdrawals. thanks anyway!

In my experience the charge has been $1-$3
The improved exchange rate you will get should more than compensate for this.

iltisman

It is nearly impossible to predict currency changes as they are driven by politics as as well as economics.

snuffy

jackieblack wrote: »

In my experience the charge has been $1-$3
The improved exchange rate you will get should more than compensate for this.

thanks, is this for credit cards too? i was told to expect a bigger charge than debit cards. does the cash machine tell you how much for a withdrawal?

thank you!

jackieblack

snuffy wrote: »

thanks, is this for credit cards too? i was told to expect a bigger charge than debit cards. does the cash machine tell you how much for a withdrawal?

thank you!

The ones we've used have, they say something like 'there is a charge of $x for withdrawing cash, do you wish to continue?' . I don't know if the charge is different for debit cards as we've only withdrawn cash using Halifax Clarity credit card.
I've been told there are some machines that don't charge but we've never found any.

snuffy

thanks for your help, i'll be using the clarity too.

sonicmouse

We are definitely suffering from a weak pound at the moment, $1.55. I can't see us ever getting back to atleast $1.58/1.59 for quite some time because at this moment in time, the UK looks like a shakey market at the moment.

Hopefully we'll have a stronger pound in the next few month!

photome

sonicmouse wrote: »

We are definitely suffering from a weak pound at the moment, $1.55. I can't see us ever getting back to atleast $1.58/1.59 for quite some time because at this moment in time, the UK looks like a shakey market at the moment.

Hopefully we'll have a stronger pound in the next few month!

There you go then, you have answered your own thread question