webby v7 slipperwagon

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Who do the best holiday money rates (EURO), where i can walk in, exchange, and walk out. Changing 5K. Iv'e tried searching the net, but all i can seem to find are the one's who deliver to your door . Not for me thanks.

Coffin Dodger

Post Office

sti-04!!

Marks & Spencer ?

GC8

Marks and Spencer are good for £500, but for £5,000 you can expect a money market rate Paul. When I imported cars I always used the HSBC as even for £1,000 you were getting within half of one percent of the market rate (massively different to the tourist rate). This was for a telegraphic transfer of course, but Id expect the same principal to apply.

Simon

ScoobyWon't

I always used to walk into the exchange and tell them how much I'd want to exchange and ask them what rate they would do.

If I was happy for that amount, I'd book it and make the exchange a few days later.

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

id vote for post office. they always seem competitive enough.

webby v7 slipperwagon

iTrader: (2)

Thanks Simon, but do you need a, HSBC account? I'll have a look at that.

GC8

I opened a simple savings account and used that for every transaction.

rallycol

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American Express will hagle to a higher rate ,if you exchange a reasonable amount.

PaulC72

Travelex?

FlightMan

Nationwide flex account, used abroad, converts the local currency to £ at the exchange rate, not the tourist rate. In the US, that's an extra 10c odd per £.

Gilesdwrc

Travelex, reserve online + collect at airport, beats lots of others or try Money Saving Expert: Consumer Revenge - Credit Cards, Shopping, Bank Charges, Cheap Flights and more!!!

KiwiGTI

Best to go to someone like Moneycorp for that amount.

Give them a call and negotiate.

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GC8

euro conversion - currencies exchange - euro rates - Caxton FX Shamelessly copied from another thread: the rates are excellent though (not quite as good as the moneycorp ones, but within one Cent).