[Sca-cooks] OT: Visiting London exchange rates

[Johnna Holloway]

Actually most of the cards now are slapping on a 1.5 % to 3 percent  
exchange
fee. Check with your card before you go about any fees.
(My book orders are arriving with these extra fees these days.)
  Also be sure and let the card know that you
are going abroad so that they don't cancel your card while you are  
there.
Olwen had her bank deny her bankcard while she was in Europe this summer
because they thought her card had been stolen. I would make sure that  
my bank
knew I was traveling too.

Unfortunately the dollar slid against both the Euro and pound this  
week so it's just going
to be damn expensive, even if you eat in Mac's and not out in real  
restaurants.
I always run all the prices through a small calculator to see what the  
damage is.

Johnna


On Sep 10, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Elaine Koogler wrote:

> I agree...the Museum of London is an incredible place.
>
> On the matter of money changing...use your credit card wherever and  
> whenever
> possible.  That way you don't have to worry about figuring out the  
> exchange
> rate...and you get the best rates.
>
> Kiri