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      06-24-2014, 08:14 AM   #1
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Hello guys...

Off to lanzarote! Quick question... Best place to get gbp converted to euros? (Best exchange rate)

Sorry my first time abroad and have never done this before... Thanks
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I've found that my own bank had the best rates and no fees. YMMV.
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Which bank was that bud?
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      06-24-2014, 09:00 AM   #5
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lol Fairfield County Bank?

HSBC is also good because you can just go to an ATM in most countries where HSBC is active and just take out local currency.
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Which bank was that bud?
He was saying go to the bank that you use not his bank. They typically won't charge you anything as far as fees for the exchange. The actual rate is more of a market thing than anything.
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I don’t think there is a bank on the planet that wouldn’t charge some sort of fee for this. Unless you happen to be a VIP in that bank and they waive it for you
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I don’t think there is a bank on the planet that wouldn’t charge some sort of fee for this. Unless you happen to be a VIP in that bank and they waive it for you
I am never charged anything at my business bank, a small regional bank, and I don't know that I would get charged at my personal bank either.
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Hello guys...

Off to lanzarote! Quick question... Best place to get gbp converted to euros? (Best exchange rate)

Sorry my first time abroad and have never done this before... Thanks
Am I reading this correctly: you have never left England?
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      06-24-2014, 09:42 AM   #10
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Ahaha nope never
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Went to a local cash exchange, managed to get a rate of 1.23
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Am I reading this correctly: you have never left England?
I have a customer who is in his late 40's and he had never left California until last year (he was probably 46 at the time).

Hell, I rarely leave CA
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I have a customer who is in his late 40's and he had never left California until last year (he was probably 46 at the time).

Hell, I rarely leave CA
Well California is pretty damn big. I can set foot in five states in a four hour drive but they're all tiny up here.
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I have a customer who is in his late 40's and he had never left California until last year (he was probably 46 at the time).

Hell, I rarely leave CA
California is also almost 3.5 times the size of England...
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California is also almost 3.5 times the size of England...
But it is much easier to get out of, and I almost never leave Northern CA, point being many people have their routine and commitments and don't have much opportunity to deviate from them.
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But it is much easier to get out of, and I almost never leave Northern CA, point being many people have their routine and commitments and don't have much opportunity to deviate from them.
England is incredibly easy to get out of. Just take the Eurotunnel and you're in France 25 minutes later.

OP: where are you going on holiday?
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England is incredibly easy to get out of. Just take the Eurotunnel and you're in France 25 minutes later.

OP: where are you going on holiday?
It's in his first post - Lanzarote (Canary Islands)
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It's in his first post - Lanzarote (Canary Islands)
Aah, missed that...
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England is incredibly easy to get out of. Just take the Eurotunnel and you're in France 25 minutes later.
I see you have nothing to do today, I will waste no more time.

Good Day
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I see you have nothing to do today, I will waste no more time.

Good Day
Didn't mean to upset you mate. I lived in England for six years, so just sharing my personal experience.
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I've found that my own bank had the best rates and no fees. YMMV.
That is exactly what i did.
I did change $20 USD into Euros for emergency cash and phone call, and rest was used with wells fargo debit visa card. They only charge 2% conversion fee.
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