Affect of exchange rate

[stoop]

Wow! Just seen 2.83ytl to the £. Hopefully this means things will work out cheaper this year. We will pay our site fees up front to take advantage of this fantastic rate (a year high I understand). It will also mean the other bills will be cheaper this year.

What's happening with food and drink prices? Are they shooting up to still get the same amount off us or are they roughly the same as last year? What's a pint of Efes at the moment?

Stoop:D

[lmaddy]

Stoop,
We were over in May 7 I thought prices hadn't gone up too much from last year - effes 2.5 lira in some bars, a bottle wine still around 25 lira a bottle in a resturant. Dolumus still 1 lira.

rgs
Lorraine

[tony]

I was in Calis last week and paid 2.5 ytl I was told that there is a bar where its 1.75 ytl. thats a large bottle by the way. Hisaronu I paid 2ytl to 4.5 ytl for the same large bottle.
Tony

[nigesam]

2.83 ytl? stoop, where was that?
Just seen 2.73ytl to £ in the post office(local) not the pub.
What rates are to be got along the seafront in Calis anyone?

[Dippey]

Beware of places having/displaying prices in £££££'s, three weeks ago we had a meal and it was worked out at 2.3ytl we had the same meal again and it was based on 2.6ytl. The cost of the meal in this point is irrelevant, the point is you may get a good rate in exchange from the banks or whoever but find the advantage is lost. Prices done in ytl have not fluctuated.

Dippz
(looking after my hard earned money[^]).

[nigesam]

Thanks Dippz, has the price of wine gone up locally in Resturants from last year?
I was wondering about the people along the seafront that do money exchange for £s. What rates are they doing at the moment?
Any one just got back from calis?

Nige (drinkin more for less)

[stoop]

Good !

Nigesam,

That was the latest £ - YTL rate this morning NOT the tourist rate. You will not get that rate over here in the UK but if you wait until you get to Turkey you will get more for your £. I would just take over enough top get you over the first day and exchange the rest in Calis.

Stoop:D

[webbstar]

I saw an article in one of the Sunday papers listing how
cheap or expensive it was to go on holiday abroad this
year.Turkey came out 3rd most expensive.Much more expensive
than Spain.Is that because of the lira or is it that the Turks
are just getting plain greedy.? Was'nt it once the cheapest
place to go on holiday?

[stoop]

Not sure which paper you read but I would not agree with Spain being cheaper. Anyway if it was more than a couple of weeks ago things have changed a lot since then.

Stoop

[doll]

yes lots of brits going to spain and bulgeria
was told by famliy in uk
holidayshops pushing them not turkey
doll