Do not change money at home!

wait till you get to Prague if you must exchange currency and go to a bank. The best is to use an ATM/cashpoint, they are everywhere (including the airport) I just picked up a young English couple who were given CZK 21.00 CZK for GBP 1.00 by their travel agent at home. Even the ripoff bureaux de change give you better than that here!

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Any idea what rate we could get from a bank there at the moment?

Best I%26#39;ve seen over here today is 29.09

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http://www.kolik.cz/

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if you go to a cashpoint that is what you will get, minus any small bank charge, which still works out cheaper than if you change it in a bank/exchange booth. BTW don%26#39;t always believe %26#39;good%26#39; exchange rates you might see on the street - there are pretty much always hidden charges/catches.

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Very very true, I think the couple you may have picked up was my girlfriend and I (prague airport shuttle? Mike?).

Anyway, we were ripped off back home, the best exchange rate was definately from an ATM 29ck - £1 and we were only charged £3 for this.

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tubacca did you just lift one large amount and only charged £3 for this??

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Most UK Bank charge a fixed fee per withdrawal. My bank charges £2 irrespective of the amount withdrawn. Some banks i.e. Nationwide charge nothing.

I am not sure what is the maximum limit you can get out at one go, I%26#39;ve only ever taken max of 5000 Kc.

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im getting 28.4 fro ma branch in london

isthat not very close to the ATM in prague??

no fees as well

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Very close, but still less - you really might as well hang on!

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Good advice from Pivo

Inter-bank rate is usually the best and cards like Nationwide Flexaccount Debit card don%26#39;t have transaction fees. Last time I looked, the flex was best travel tool in Europe, linked to their e savers account.

On a rare occasion, you%26#39;ll find an exchange office offering a slightly better deal, but unless you are changing 1000%26#39;s and have time and effort to find them, it%26#39;s really not worth it.

Vacation time is short enough without worrying about where to change monmey IMO. I use my card without question now all over Europe.

Stoofer

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How much do you guys think is a good amount to take for 5 days? If i was going tothe eurozone i%26#39;d be taking about £250 English. But as Prague is so much cheaper would this still be a good amount?