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Offline anniebd

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« on: June 24, 2006, 12:06:05 PM »
Hi all!  Have been told by many people to only change up £100 into lira and change rest up when I arrive (5 weeks and counting!!!) however have just seen that M&S are selling at a rate of 2.974 would I maybe be better off changing it up here or is the rate better in Calis Beach?!![?]



Offline Gary-O

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« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2006, 12:26:17 PM »
The rate here yesterday in most banks was 3.1 (last week down at 2.85)who knows what the exchange rate will be in 5 weeks it could be more it could be less, if you are happy at 2.974 buy now.

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« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2006, 13:09:49 PM »
On any given day the rate here is usually better than that available in the UK. Rates fluctuate in both countries though. On Sunday the Central Bank of Turkey is holding an extraordiary meeting to discus the Lira so who knows what might happen. :)
« Last Edit: June 24, 2006, 13:15:42 PM by tribalelder »

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« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2006, 13:58:40 PM »
I think that rate is good and I would change my money. The rate can change a lot in 5 weeks and u don't want to missout.

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« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2006, 14:53:41 PM »
The only problem with changing all your money now is if you have a large amount of lira left at the end of the holiday & want to it change back. The buy and sell rates are always in the bank's favour & you may lose out substantially, even more so if in the meantime the rate has dropped

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« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2006, 16:36:23 PM »
The rate last week at change places was 2.8- we used the bank cash machines and got 2.92 in the conversion. I also changed a couple of hundred at M&S in advance for the first few days so we didnt need to schlepp to the bank and it worked out well.

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« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2006, 16:50:08 PM »
I have just changed £500.00 and got 2.97 while it is high here in the UK its worth changing I have seen the rate change drastically in a few days over the last couple of years, I was getting 2.35 in Calis in May

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« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2006, 23:27:15 PM »
We got 3.07 in Fethiye last week. At the same time they wer offering about 2.90 in Calis.

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« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2006, 23:09:03 PM »
Our bank advised us to change a minimal amount in the UK and change the rest in Turkey as we would definitely get better rates when we arrived.

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« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2006, 23:54:14 PM »
VR2

You got good advice.

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