Euro (€) Currency Thread

aimex

thanks for the replies guys. never knew that about the FlexAccount although not sure i will have time to open one now before i go....excellent for the future though xx

Crabman

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Spidermenmorethanone

Presumably the ATM will be in Spanish --> to an extent, I hope they are! Having said that, many countries seem to bend over backwards to accomodate Brits....who knows!

barginunter

sunnyflower wrote: »

I've been investigating this as we are off to Spain in August. Very stupid question.......are the ATMS the same abroad, do you just tap in the amount of euros you want? And are the instructions in Spanish??

When you use an ATM in Spain, you do it via Maestro or Cirrus. One of the first things you do is select language - it' not much different from using one in the UK.

coupon_king_2

Just back from Majorca ....... Exchanged £`s out there at commision free outlets .... got a rate of 123.00 euros per £100.00

Hope this helps .... Sandra

hammy_the_hammer

just takes about three times as long as the uk

Biggles

moonrakerz wrote: »

Hope you didn't really mean to say that !

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Whilst I was mainly referring to drawing cash by debit card and buying by credit card, in fact using any credit card (usually 2.5% cash withdrawal plus 2.75% foreign exchange loading) would be slightly cheaper than changing money at the Post Office (7%). The Nationwide credit card would just be 2.5% cash withdrawal, so much cheaper. Nationwide debit card nil, obviously, so far cheaper.

dickdasdedly

Hi
At the moment the £ is weak against the euro. In July we are going to Spain, do you think it would be wise to buy my Euros now (£500) or wait and see how the exchange rate goes. Last year I got the best rate using my nationwide debit card however, I’m wondering how much could the rate change between now and July. Should I buy now, wait and see, or put it in my nationwide flexi account & use my card ?
Richard/Maria

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You'll get the best rate on 17 April 2012. On that day at 2.31pm, one pound will get you 1.6389 euros. After that day I'm afraid, it's all downhilll for the £ again.

Incapuppy

Thank you travellingbum. I've been sitting on my hands for half an hour :rotfl:

To the OP:

With regards to your first question, if someone can give you a definitive answer to that then they are probably making it up as they go along (with the exception of travellingbum of course )

With regards to your second question, at the time you posted your query there were two other threads on the front page that would have given you the answers you required, then again there is always plenty of information available in the Travel Resources bar.