Indian trip

crackling

Going to southern India soon. Any advice on money and cards to take? Also are sterling travellers cheques still available and where?
Many thanks I am a newbie so don't be harsh!:j

itsanne

It's not what you asked but I thoroughly recommend the following site:

http://www.indiamike.com/

budgetflyer

Forget travellers cheques. Draw money out atm with either a debit/ credit card or a global prepaid card.

Read

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-travel-money

Mr_Wang

crackling wrote: »

Going to southern India soon. Any advice on money and cards to take? Also are sterling travellers cheques still available and where?
Many thanks I am a newbie so don't be harsh!:j

INR is a close currency and so take USD to be changed at the airport just to account for the fact the ATM may not work.
I always take the FairFX and have never had a problem.

Money converters in India are like physicists in terms of their mathematically ability and so get the XE.com app on your phone to ensure you aren't getting screwed.

http://www.thesummerholidayofalifetime.com/money.html

Pollycat

Have you done anything about your visa yet?

http://in.vfsglobal.co.uk/

cashbackproblems

itsanne wrote: »

It's not what you asked but I thoroughly recommend the following site:

http://www.indiamike.com/

I second that

Also I use the Claxton FX Global card when outside the EU, it works well.

ALso best rates you will get over there so take lots of cash

Voyager2002

Hyderabad has loads of ATMs and I never had any trouble using them. So I never bothered with other ways of taking money.

crackling

Pollycat wrote: »

Have you done anything about your visa yet?

Hi Pollycat
In past have used Visa Genie .There's a handling charge but service is speedy and hassle free.

Mr_Wang

crackling wrote: »

Pollycat wrote: »

Have you done anything about your visa yet?

Hi Pollycat
In past have used Visa Genie .There's a handling charge but service is speedy and hassle free.

Applying for the visa is hassle free and expensive enough without the needless input from hustlers trying to shake you down for a so called handling fee.

VFS are fantastic and I have used them for a few different visas.

budgetflyer

Ditto. You have to give them all the info anyway, so there isnt really any point of going anywhere other than VFS

Systema_2

Mr_Wang wrote: »

INR is a close currency and so take USD to be changed at the airport just to account for the fact the ATM may not work.
I always take the FairFX and have never had a problem.

Money converters in India are like physicists in terms of their mathematically ability and so get the XE.com app on your phone to ensure you aren't getting screwed.



It is 100 rps to £ at the moment so not much calculating needed.