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May 11th, 2005, 02:10
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Nottingham, UK
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Dollars or Sterling?
Ok, easy one.....TC's in US dollars or Sterling?
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May 11th, 2005, 02:20
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Maha Guru Member
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: England
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Take your pick. Both are widely accepted so no major difference.
Due to the way currency trading etc works there is no difference in exchange rates etc. |
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May 11th, 2005, 03:10
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Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Chennai, India
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Take the one you're familiar with! It's bad enough doing the mental conversion to you home currency, without having to work out your spend in another currency! I'm saying that, as you are from UK, take Sterling: keep life simple
 And even if you don't plan to use it, take at least one credit card/debit card. That way you can always get cash from an ATM in case you loose travellers' cheques
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May 11th, 2005, 21:29
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Yamini
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Madrid
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1 £ (GBP) = 81.1 INR 1 € (Euro) = 55.3 INR Basically whatever you are comfortable with. I live in Spain, so I would go for the €€€ traveler cheques.  |
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May 11th, 2005, 21:32
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Location: the Netherlands
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Simply put take the currency you don't have to convert, in your case that looks like GBP both currencies are widely accepted so you'll have no problems with Pounds in India!!
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May 11th, 2005, 21:57
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Goa
Posts: 1,539
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Use these, there's a 5 pound delivery charge only. Next day special delivery.
http://www.uk-currency-exchange.co.uk/buy.htm  
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May 11th, 2005, 22:17
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: UK
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May 11th, 2005, 23:18
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Yamini
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Madrid
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You are telling me. But the € isn't much better either. But living in a € country, I will have to opt for that. |
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