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Welcome to Arillas => Arillas general information => Currency, cash and exchange. => Topic started by: TerryW on May 11, 2012, 03:00:35 PM
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I found out today that I can buy Euro's at anytime, online, to top up my Travelex Card. This means that by careful monitoring of the rates, I can react quickly and get my holiday Euro's. The only downside is that its limited to £750 per day. Todays rate was 1.215630
I did a bit of research on the fantastic Money Saving Expert website ( http://www.moneysavingexpert.com ) and found this very informative page http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/travel/2012/05/should-you-buy-euros-now.
I think I am now going to check rates at least twice a day to see the latest trend, and top up my card when I think the time is right. The ability to do an immediate topup online makes this quite easy. Below is current graph from BBC
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/chart?chart_primary_ticker=FX^GBP:EUR&chart_time_period=1_month&canvas_colour=000000&primary_chart_colour=CC0000&use_transparency=0&plot_colour=ffffff&cp_line_colour=1F4F82&margin_left=35&margin_bottom=20&margin_right=20&time_24hr=1&tiny_chart=1&tiny_month_view=1&logo_strength=light&y_axis_left=1&x_axis_plain=1&cp_line=1&cp_line_style=dotline&charting_freq=1_minute&co_dimension^width=629&co_dimension^height=190)
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The only downside is that its limited to £750 per day.
Wish I had got £750 to spend for my entire holiday - never mind per day :-(
That's very helpful info tho' Terry - Thanks.
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Can you use the card in all the places in Arillas?
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Most places take the cash passport & can be used at the ATM. I dont think the Coconut does.