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ADVICE? Sterling-Euro

I am going travelling around Europe in July. Do I exchange my money for Euro's now or wait? I am worried that the decreasing value of the pound will mean I will have less money to spend when I'm away?

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  • M4RKM
    M4RKM Posts: 5,132 Forumite
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    if we knew the answer to that, we'd all be millionaires.... the answer is no one knows what the currency market is going to do..


    as people have said earlier, we should all invest in dubloons...
  • phatbear
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    Has anybody seen my will to live as I seem to have lost mine!!!

    Are you serious, really are you serious, maybe this is a wind up to make me start going on about nigerian squirells and dubloons, so for all those phatbear fans here goes.

    I would suggest dubloons as these are an international currency and everyhwere accepts them, however getting change is often a tad awkward.

    However when you have your dubloons make sure there are no theiving swines like markymoo about who will have your dubloons away, they usually work in tandem with nigerian squirells, who will divert your attention by doing a little dance, they are quite the little movers squirells infact they invented the river dance but michael flatlet doesnt like to talk about it, then whilst your standing their in awe of the little fellas flailing feet someone will come in and swipe your dubloons and leave you with nothing but an empty sack.

    so in conclusion dubloons dubloon dubloons


    all the best

    the bear
    Live each day like its your last because one day you'll be right
  • Incapuppy
    Incapuppy Posts: 5,713 Forumite
    Phatbear, I will PM you my address, please send me the absorbent sack you were talking about the other day :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
  • M4RKM
    M4RKM Posts: 5,132 Forumite
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    theiving me? i've given you them back,, WITH PROFIT... so theoretically, i'm like a dubloon bank!
  • alared
    alared Posts: 4,029 Forumite
    Travelgirl789

    As has been pointed out
    no one really knows.
    But as the BoE has indicated at least one more cut in rates and possibly two,the £ can only really go one way
    DOWN.

    I would expect to see it nearer to 1-10 than 1-30 to the euro in the coming months.
  • Teahfc
    Teahfc Posts: 1,468 Forumite
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    Edge your bets buy 50% now and 50% when you need them :confused:
    "Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain."


    ''Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.''
  • phatbear
    phatbear Posts: 4,061 Forumite
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    Incapuppy wrote: »
    Phatbear, I will PM you my address, please send me the absorbent sack you were talking about the other day :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    pup you know your welcome to my absorbent sack anytime, alas you would have probably enjoyed the contents of my sack more but alas marky got his hands on it 1st, he manages to spoil all of my fun.

    all the best

    the bear
    Live each day like its your last because one day you'll be right
  • I am going travelling around Europe in July. Do I exchange my money for Euro's now or wait? I am worried that the decreasing value of the pound will mean I will have less money to spend when I'm away?
    Buy them on 20th June. On that day at 1531 CET, The £ will briefly touch 1.348 (interbank rate) before dropping again in matter of 2 days to 1.2879
    Trust me on this one. My little good luck fairy has never failed me so far.
    Forget the dubloons. Gold prices will drop as low as $666.66 by 1 July.
  • GlennTheBaker
    GlennTheBaker Posts: 2,974 Forumite
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    Forget the dubloons. Gold prices will drop as low as $666.66 by 1 July.
    Blasphemer!
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  • Blasphemer!
    Thank you for the compliment. Perhaps we can strike a deal, the two of us!
    :eek:
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