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Posted 23 May 2012 - 09:47 PM

With the Euro low at the moment I can't make up my mind whether to get my Euros now or wait until September when we go to France, Is there a website I can go on to compare last year's rates to this year's.

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 09:52 PM

like this http://www.xe.com/cu...&to=EUR&view=1Y

business rates but the trend is the same

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 09:55 PM

Not a comparison with last year but Travelmoneymax offer the best comparison rates on t'interweb.

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 07:16 AM

I usually go to the Post office to get the Euros but not to sell them back as they are expensive - free to buy though

The exchange rate is not normally that bad, as far as I know :dunno;

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 07:48 AM

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Use Moneysavingexpert.com !

Some of the companies will actually give you the better of the rate at time of booking or at time of collection - I actually made the last time I bought euros AND I didn't pay until I collected


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Posted 24 May 2012 - 07:52 AM

The Post Office is usually good but Tesco and Sainsbury usually match it. Current rate is about 83p to the Euro which is considerably better than it was. We are off to France in a couple of weeks so will wait until we go. The Euro might go lower.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:05 AM

www.xe.com is very good. Also try www.moneycorp.com for changing money.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 08:18 AM

If Greece pulls out of the Euro and the Euro then goes down the pan (there is that possibility), then I would not even worry about an exchange rate.  Rumour has it that Greece, France and Germany have been printing their own currencies again just in case.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 01:36 PM

View PostBIG GEE, on 23 May 2012 - 09:47 PM, said:

Is there a website I can go on to compare last year's rates to this year's.

Have a look here:-
http://www.xe.com/cu...&to=EUR&view=1Y

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 03:44 PM

The exchange rates, including historical rates, used by Visa and Mastercard the two largest card handling systems and used by most banks are here

http://www.visaeurop...ange_rates.aspx

https://www.masterca...sion/index.html

http://www.oanda.com/

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 03:48 PM

View PostBIG GEE, on 23 May 2012 - 09:47 PM, said:

With the Euro low at the moment I can't make up my mind whether to get my Euros now or wait until September when we go to France, Is there a website I can go on to compare last year's rates to this year's.

On 13.06.11 the Visa ex rate was  1.13  today it is 1.245 a 10% improvement.




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