euros, to buy or not to buy

[ger]

have just been to local travel agents to get some euros, and the rate has now gone down to 1.11!! why didnt i get them last week at 1.17???
didnt get them, someone told me post office did better rate than anyone else, post office shut, no rates up anywhere, typical, i will be at post office monday morning, better not be less than 1.11!!!! or shall i wait until after the "emergency budget"?? or shall i get them in arillas?? decisions, decisions!!
ger  x

[justphil]

ger luvver, after the demise of the ATM, we are going to buy travellers cheques in sterling and change them at Olga's. We might well get it wrong but it is like backing a horse in the Grand National. Our key issue is that we don't have to get the bus to Sidari and lose half of one of our precious days in Arillas, only to find the machine is empty.

Have a great time - like my Jen I can see your excitement mounting as you prepare....

love from Phil

[Janis]

We got 1.117 to the £ when we bought from Crown Currency Exchange for our holiday in May, BUT Barry lost them (and found them when we got back home!!)
We got 1.034 to the £ from Thomas Cook at Manchester Airport - NEVER NEVER NEVER again.
In Arillas itself the rate averaged 1.15......

I'd take either sterling or travellers cheques and change there

Have a great holiday, Ger and Phil and anyone else who's going soon

Janis x

[Mick and Jill]

lastweek in Arillas it was 1.19 so we changed etra money ready for September just incase it went down again.

Jill

[Janis]

Wise move, Jill - ours will be at 1.117 - ouch!

Looking forward to meeting you and Mick in September! .....and comparing tops, lol!

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Janis x

[Dai]

ICE are still offering  1.1747 today, which seems pretty good.

[justphil]

Have a great time yous lot, luvvers.

It amazes me how we are now worrying about 1.12, 1.15. Not very long ago it was worrying about 1.52 or 1.55. Ask our Egg and Wegg.

We all seem to get used to what these politicians dish out while they buy new houses and live the life of Reilly, claiming it all back on expenses. F**k the exchange rate. Irrelevant. I'll get paid.... 30 tonnes of manure? I knew politicians in Britain were s**t but here in Somerset they bought tonnes of it on taxpayers money.

Doncherjustluv our innocent, naive Arillas?  Well believe that and you'll beleive anything. Naive yes, innocent no. Arillas is adorable, but full of people. And all that goes with that. And I love it and all its warts. Agree or disagree, it won't change my ambitions.

Phil

[Lindypops]

Aye, behind you Phil. Agree with what you`re saying. Anyhow, I met a lady in town today, from your part of the world. Really lovely, and at LJM`S.

[justphil]

Lindy luvver, I'm a simple man (as many would testify...) who is truly happily married to a woman who loves me too. You know that already. Not even sure why I said that, perhaps I needed to. Jen will read it tomorrow...

But please explain LJM'S. I can imagine all sorts, but have really never seen that one. So hope to see you for real one day in Arillas.

love
Phil

[Lindypops]

Aye, we all love ya Phil, Liverpool John Moors.

[kevin.g]

e118 hear at the moment ....yammas

[Janis]

Yammas indeed!

[ger]

you're so right phil, why am a worrying about a few euros? get what i can and spend in my favourite place, martin will just have to have less mythos ha ha!!!
ger x

[Mick and Jill]

Although the rate isn't good at the minute we didn't spend as much as we normally do - what's different I don't know as we did what we do every time we visit and had mam with us.

Jill

[TerryW]

As the Beatles sang "Its getting better all the time"

This is on the BBC website today

The pound has hit a fresh 19-month high against the euro as the 16-nation currency comes under renewed pressure.

The pound rose almost half a cent to 1.2389 euros, its highest level since the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis in November 2008.

The pound is likely to strengthen further against the euro over the summer, according to analysts.

If correct, this suggests you would be better off waiting to buy euros for your summer holiday, although the difference is likely to be small.

Duncan Higgins at Caxton FX says the rate could rise by two cents in the next month or so - from the current 1.23 euros level to 1.25 euros.

Bear in mind that this is the institutional rate - you won't get such a good rate online or at a bureau de change.

Travelex is offering a rate of 1.1937 to its online customers.

This means you would get 596.85 euros for £500. If the rate went up by two cents, you would get 606.85 euros.