Currency - Croatia

gwentrevor

I am going on a cruise holiday around croatia in August and wondered how to organise my currency. I presume I could use Euros for any larger purchases but should I buy some kuna for snaller purchases in advance? Thank you.

FBaby

Do they accept Euros? We paid everything in Kuna or card.

PompeyPete

Some places will take €uro, but at a poor exchange rate.

eDicky

The currency of Croatia is the Kuna and any use of euros will not be in your favour. There's no need to buy any cash in advance, for best value use a suitable fee free card (Clarity, Monzo, Metro Bank, Starling Bank etc.) when you spend and take cash from an ATM in Croatia. Make sure your card is always billed in Kuna and avoid 'Conversion' if an ATM offers the choice.

SandC

ATMs are everywhere and you should use Kuna. I noticed in many towns stalls/shops had notices up saying 'no euros'. My advice is always if a country has their own currency then we should use it. I went on a yacht holiday and the travel company I went with quoted all the trip prices in euros but when we got on the boat they wanted kuna also.

PompeyPete

SandC wrote: »

ATMs are everywhere and you should use Kuna. I noticed in many towns stalls/shops had notices up saying 'no euros'. My advice is always if a country has their own currency then we should use it. I went on a yacht holiday and the travel company I went with quoted all the trip prices in euros but when we got on the boat they wanted kuna also.

It's to make it easier for the target market to get their head round the approximate cost.

In Vietnam for example, it's about 28,000 dong to £sterling.....can you imagine people surfing on Booking.com for a two week holiday advertised at 28,000,000 dong [£1,000] payable on arrival at the hotel in local currency. Far easier to advertise the price in a familiar currency.

zagfles

SandC wrote: »

ATMs are everywhere and you should use Kuna. I noticed in many towns stalls/shops had notices up saying 'no euros'. My advice is always if a country has their own currency then we should use it. I went on a yacht holiday and the travel company I went with quoted all the trip prices in euros but when we got on the boat they wanted kuna also.

Yes, I found that, even places that advertised prices in Euros didn't accept Euros! I had some Euros I wanted to get rid of but nowhere would take them even touristy places that only advertised prices in Euros!

FBaby

There really is no excuse though as you can get Kruna from Tesco or M&S and they have cash machine everywhere as well as accept cards almost everywhere.

We don't accept euros in the UK, so why would we expect Croatia to do so? It's part of the respect we should show to any country we go and visit as tourists.

PompeyPete

FBaby wrote: »

There really is no excuse though as you can get Kruna from Tesco or M&S and they have cash machine everywhere as well as accept cards almost everywhere.

We don't accept euros in the UK, so why would we expect Croatia to do so? It's part of the respect we should show to any country we go and visit as tourists.

Because a sale is a sale.....the seller can make money by giving a lousy exchange rate for the goods, and most punters wouldn't realise.....so a double++ for the seller.

Some cruise ships, and there are a lot that call into Croatian ports might not carry Kuna. There'll be plenty of passengers with US$, €, or £ in their wallets....refusing to accept them and losing a sale seems daft to me.

FBaby

mmm, I'll try next time I go out out to eat in my local town and offer Euros and when they say 'sorry madam, we don't accept euros', i'll say 'but surely a sale is a sale'!

I have more sympathy for cruise passengers who will be there only for a few hours, but people staying in the country for 1 week, what's the excuse?

PompeyPete

FBaby wrote: »

mmm, I'll try next time I go out out to eat in my local town and offer Euros and when they say 'sorry madam, we don't accept euros', i'll say 'but surely a sale is a sale'!

But we're not talking about your local town, the main tourist towns in Croatia have hundreds if not thousands of international tourists visiting every day. Often it'll only be for the day, either on a cruise ship or flitting from country to country on a tour. It's not as though the Croats have any difficulty getting rid of $, €, or £. As I mentioned vendors can easily get a double++ on a sale....same as they do in Turkey and Spain for example.

FBaby wrote: »

I have more sympathy for cruise passengers who will be there only for a few hours, but people staying in the country for 1 week, what's the excuse?

Can't argue with that, there is no excuse.;)