Best place to do currency exchange
Posted by closeyoureyestosee on Mar 03, 2009 · Member since Jan 2007 · 1218 posts
This is SOOO not vegan related!
I need to exchange some dollars into pounds, not too much, but just enough so that I'll have some when I arrive in London. I know that different places have different rates. Does anyone know if it's best to do it at a bank, the airport, etc?
Hey...what better place to ask??
The easiest way I've heard to do it now-a-days, in this technological world of wonder, is to take $$$ out of an ATM in the country you're in....Supposedly, the ATM fees are less than the exchange rates. Otherwise, I'd say a bank, but only if you're a member/account holder, if you're not, they tend to rape you in "additional fees".
Never exchange money in a hotel or airport, the hidden comissions will kill you.
If you bank with a large company you can order currency, or if you live in a college town you might find profs etc. who travel and have currency left.
Or do the International ATM thing if you have a credit card.
+1 on the ATM thing. Otherwise, I'd try to do it at a bank.