dollar rate

[crazygolfer]

Does anyone agree with me that the rate is at its best now.i dont think it well get any higher now.$1.47 at post office 0%comm

[neilybealy]

bump :D

[kazzie]

I think the rate is already dropping,I would buy them now if you can:) IMO

[Pooh Widower]

Crazygolfer

I just got mine from Intercash @$1.485/£....However....the main exchange rate today went UP by 1.66 cents therefore the tourist rate will be greater tomorrow as they only adjust the rates at the beginning of the day ( I'm told )......I only found out about the increase AFTER I had bought my Dollars :mad:

Hope this helps.

Have a great day,

Paul :cool:

[mickg7dyd]

Hi,
TTT Money corp are currently offering $1.53 to the £1 Only problem is they are only based in the London area.

www.ttt.co.uk

Mick

:smooth:

[Carol Ann UK]

I went to Intercash to buy dollars this lunchtime (28/8), and because I left my work photo ID on my desk I couldn't get any, and I've got to go back tomorrow. Looks like it may have been a good omen if the rates will go up on Friday. Will have to wait and see.

I also wanted to buy a bag of coins, but was told there was a shortage, and they couldn't get hold of any!

I need to get these on Friday as I think the rates go down at the weekend and we fly out on Monday.

Just one more day at work, and so much work to clear!!

It WILL be worth it though.

Carol

[Tony Bush]

$1.49 at Post Office today

[eyoreaud]

M&S give good rates,0% commission & free delivery for £500 or more.:bounce: plus its charged to your storecard so you can pay for it after your holiday
:cool:

[Mowgli]

I agree with eyoreaud. I used M&S on a recent holiday to North America after comparing the rates from a number of sources including my bank. M&S came out cheapest overall and as mentioned, you don't have to pay until your next chargecard statement pay date (if you time that right - could give you over 45 days free credit!). All others you have to pay/is debited from your account immediately.
IMO, worth getting an M&S chargecard just for this!

[cworth]

I got just under 1.49 to the pound from the Nationwide yesterday I was very pleased with that.

[Carol Ann UK]

$1.50/£ from Intercash today. And I remembered my Photo ID.

Still no coins though.

Nearly ready for the off on Monday am

Carol:sunny:

[alexandra uk]

I bought half of my T.Cs from TTT moneycorp about 2 weeks ago. I got 1.53 which I was pleased with.
They are London based, but they WILL deliver.
I see from Mickey's thread that they are still offering 1.53. I just hope the rate stays half decent, because I'm not going to have the money for about another month or so :rolleyes:

:jester: 89 to go :jester:

[pauldents]

The GPB-$ rate has been steadily rising over the past few days, so now might be a good time to buy some dollars. TTT are offering 1.55 $ to £1 Sterling.

Paul

[Jabba]

American express had the best rate, around 1.53/4, no commission no loss if you returned with money to spare (highly unlikley)

[Mrs Dazzle]

:D Well, I'm happy with the 1.507 I got free of commission at the Post Office. Just happened to be passing one while out last minute school shopping with DD and saw the rate, so in I went;)

All stocked up now ready for October as we bought a load couple of months back or whenever it hit 1.50 before:cool: It's certainly better than the 1.34 we were getting last year when we went:p

[pauldents]

TTT Moneycorp are offering $ 1.7 - £1.00 today :D

[neilybealy]

now do i go in and order my amex t/chqs at the post office today or wait to see if the rate goes up???

:o

[Fantasia Sam]

Blimey O'reilly Paul that's some good rate :) who are TTT MoneyCorp?

[Fantasia Sam]

Neil - it's a risk I'd take buy today!!!

[neilybealy]

Originally posted by pauldents
TTT Moneycorp are offering $ 1.7 - £1.00 today :D

that looks like the buying rate not the selling rate

[Goofyish]

TTT Moneycorp website is quoting $1.56/£ selling rate and $1.62/£ buying rate.

Shame they don't do mail order :(

[Fantasia Sam]

Still a good rate though ;)

[alexandra uk]

TTT DO do mail order. I had my T.Cs sent from them 2 weeks ago to South Wales.

:jester: 185 to go :jester:

[neilybealy]

Originally posted by alexandra uk
TTT DO do mail order. I had my T.Cs sent from them 2 weeks ago to South Wales.

:jester: 185 to go :jester:

i've just phoned the 24hrs branch and they tell me they do not mail order t/chqs

[mickg7dyd]

Hi,
M+S are currently offering $1.524 and if you order £500 or more they are commission free and delivered free.You can also buy them using their charge card with up to 55 days interest free.Sounds like a good deal to me.

http://www.fxcorporation.co.uk/marksandspencer/

Mick.

:smooth:

[alexandra uk]

Thats really weird Neil.
I got mine 2 weeks ago no problem. They don't accept c.cs, I had to send a cheque.
The day that I ordered them, they held the rate for me, and said that as soon as my cheque had cleared, they would be sent recorded delivery.

:jester: 84 to go :jester:

[neilybealy]

ah well

the post office is still looking good at the mo

[neilybealy]

i need some advice......

is it better to get $20 or $50 cheques?

cheers

neil

[Mrs Dazzle]

Originally posted by neilybealy
i need some advice......

is it better to get $20 or $50 cheques?

Either . . . . the ones that they retailers don't particularly like for smaller purchases are the $100.

We get a mixture of both these denominations both in $ and $TCs:D

[neilybealy]

so we should be ok getting $50 chqs

[Mrs Dazzle]

:D Yep indeedy. And remember you get "real" $ change when handing over TCs. We always find this really useful, or rather DD does, *** she thinks that's her spending money for the day then:D

[Mrs Dazzle]

Neil - just seen you're down to 15 days countdown:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

Not long now, then :p :p

[neilybealy]

yeah i know, 2 weeks today we leave for gatwick

i'm so excited :bounce:

but stressed too - i've organised everything for 10 adults and a baby and i keep having dreams about things going wrong...

last night's dream was we all arrived in orlando and instead of 3 cars we had motorbikes and somehow we managed to find our villa but when we got there it was a bedsit :eek:

neil
:)

[Fantasia Sam]

LOL Neil I think you should takemore water with it !!

Seriously 10 adults and a baby I'd be having nightmares too!

[neilybealy]

well it all started off last august with just myself and my girlfriend going and it grew from there !

[Mazzy]

LOL Neil!!!! I just had a vision of the baby revving up the motorbike! ;)

Gosh, that must have taken some planning! Bet you're still really excited though! Did you manage to get seats together on the 'plane or will you have to wait until checkin? Hope everything goes smoothly for you! :D

[neilybealy]

Originally posted by Mazzy
LOL Neil!!!! I just had a vision of the baby revving up the motorbike! ;)

Gosh, that must have taken some planning! Bet you're still really excited though! Did you manage to get seats together on the 'plane or will you have to wait until checkin? Hope everything goes smoothly for you! :D

i've had many more dream disasters too !!!

it's taken so much planning you wouldn't believe and it's worse in that there's my ma/pa, my girlfriend's ma/pa, her bro/fiance/baby and her ma's cousin/hubby

phew

we did have seats all together near the skycot but when i called them to confirm virgin changed the plane config so all pre-booked seats were wiped and they started again....

so we have just 1 seat with the skycot and the remainder will have to be allocated on checkin - virgin group sales tell me that've put in a seating request and they normally get allocated first before other passenger's seat requests

we've now decided to use twilight checkin so that we can get our seats allocated sooner and hopefully we'll get seated near each other

the mother of the baby isn't too impressed that she may have to fly to orlando looking after the baby on her own because virgin cannot allocate 2 seats on the bulkhead for only 1 skycot

[neilybealy]

got my t/chqs from post office yesterday at $1.51

bit confused though as i told the lady i wanted both my girlfriend and me to be able to cash them whilst on holiday.....

she put sharon's name on as a 2nd user but then the lady said we only had to sign half the chqs each, ie. not one chq has both our signatures.....

i thought the idea was we both had to sign so that when in orlando we went to cash a chq we signed the chq again and the signature was compared

i'm pretty sure the lady at the post office has cocked up

[GO2209]

You should sign the travellers cheques once, as soon as possible. The cheque should then be signed in front of whoever is cashing it for you - when you actually come to use it.

I thought only 1 person could sign a cheque. Ie, your gf signs half of the cheques and you sign the other half. You cannot both sign each individual cheque.

Give American Express a call if you want to make certain, their number is with the accompanying leaflet.

[Hilary]

neilybealy - there are double signature TCs available, but they have always had a higher rate of commission when I enquired about them and I've never had them.

If you received double signature TCs from the Post Office you should both have signed them all - one signature in each space provided. You can't both sign the 'ordinary' TCs as there's only a designated space for one signature. When spending the double sig ones it's an either/or signature required for checking.

It sounds as though the PO lady has given you ordinary TCs and split them between you and your girlfriend for spending ;)

It's probably best to check just to put your mind at rest before you need to use them.

[neilybealy]

thanks for the replies

i've checked the leaflet you get with the chqs and there's only 1 space (line) at the top of the chq to sign so it looks like we've been given the normal chqs and i'll be able to cash the ones that i've signed and sharon will be able to cash hers

it's not really a major issue so i'll just leave it as it is

it just would have been nice if either of us could have signed any chq

neil

[lisag1]

TTT Moneycorp offering $1.56 today!!

Just a reminder if anyone is in the London area, they do have a handling charge of 1.75% but it still works out the best rate.

Lisa

[alexandra uk]

It doesn't matter if you don't live in London, TTT posted mine to Soutyh Wales for me.
The rate was 1.56, and after the handling charge, it worked out that I got a rate of 1.53.

:jester: 81 to go :jester: