Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum

Turkey Related Subjects => Cost of Living in Turkey => Topic started by: kt_france on July 20, 2004, 07:08:55 AM

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: kt_france on July 20, 2004, 07:08:55 AM

My friends has just returned from Calis. He says the prices have gone down, we in the UK are not used to this (prices falling!). Have they gone down?

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: ColinT on July 20, 2004, 08:08:45 AM

Prices are slightly higher than last year for drink & food, but exchange rate this year is also slightly better for us Brits, so its pretty much the same as last year.  Confused?  I am!

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: kt_france on July 20, 2004, 09:47:01 AM

Cheers Colin.

Do you or does anyone else know what the local exchange rate is. If its that good I won't change up so much before we leave the UK.

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: ColinT on July 20, 2004, 10:56:05 AM

£1 = TL 2,650,000 when I was there but that was 3 weeks ago now, for travellers cheques or sterling with no commission.  However, I think you will find it will have dropped a bit since then.  Whatever the case, you will find that the rate you get out there is normally slightly better over there than what you would get over here.  Good luck.

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: kt_france on July 20, 2004, 11:02:15 AM

best places to change money? any suggestions?

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: Scunner on July 20, 2004, 11:49:52 AM

The Garanti Bank gave me the same - 2 650 000 - exchange shops are there and thereabouts. Also you can take money out of autobanks here but remember there is a charge for this from your own UK bank.

Scunner

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: Jo on July 20, 2004, 13:10:26 PM

We have always found the Post Office in Fethiye gives a very good rate without all the form filling you have in the Bank.

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: kt_france on July 20, 2004, 13:37:18 PM

Scunner, where is the Garanti Bank? Fethiye? If so, where in Fethiye is it? Cheers

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: Babs on July 20, 2004, 22:08:55 PM

I have always changed money at the local hotel or bar, u get nearly the same as going into fethiye and definitely more than changing in the u.k

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: teresa321 on July 21, 2004, 05:47:19 AM

I used the man on the prom as well and found him fine.

Teresa

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: ColinT on July 21, 2004, 08:12:08 AM

Is he the man that sits on the scooter?

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: Jenny on July 21, 2004, 21:28:20 PM

oh yeah we saw him, he opens the case on the back of his scooter n just says 'ive got money, change money'. imagine that in england, he'd get robbed!

Title: Prices this year?
Post by: CMC on July 21, 2004, 22:24:35 PM

We used that chap, he gave us best rates around.
Christine