Serbian Dinar

MissC79

*I know this has been asked before but it was over 10 years ago and wondered if the advice had changed.

We're travelling to Serbia at the end of the month (Belgrade and Bor) and were wondering what's the best way to get currency/spend as it's a closed currency. There's only 1 retailer here that can get it. 

I have a prepaid Sainsbury's travel card which I can upload with Euro or GBP and use as a debit card.

zagfles

Get some when you arrive. If you're flying to Belgrade the airport has cashpoints. Think ATMs tended to charge a small amount. They probably have exchange desks to change cash too, can't remember, not sure if they're good value but exchanging cash in countries with a minor currency doesn't tend to be expensive in general. 

But get a far better card than the Sainsbury's card, they seem to charge 2% to load with GBP then another 5.75% exchange rate markup if you spend in a different currency!! Unbelievable! Looks like you can't load with Serbian Dinars. And that's on top of any fee the ATM charges!  See The cheapest ways to get travel money - MSE for fee free travel credit/debit cards. 

jbrassy

As the above poster said, get yourself a fee free debit card. Starling and First Direct (and many others) allow you to spend and withdraw cash fee free abroad. Much better than the Sainsbury's prepaid card.