I know its kinda impossible to know but . . .

[buzz for boys]

As the pound has slumped at the mo and we only have 5 weeks till we go would you buy dollars today at 1.37 ??? I was hoping to buy when it got a bit closer to 1.5 but after the slump this week scared the life out of me would you advise just biting the bullet and buying

i know noone can actually predict so i guess its more a what would you do question x

 

[madmumof2]

It depends on how much money you can afford to 'lose'. If you get it now, you know what you're getting. Or you could get it the day before you leave and hope it's gone up, but obviously it may go down further. If you can afford to risk some money, I would wait. If not, I'd get it now, at least you'll know exactly what you're getting.

 

[Beth__WDW23/6/02]

It's hard to predict,I read in the papers it's not going to climb.
So if your OK with the rate now I'd purchase now.

 

[darthtatty]

where is doing 1.37? everywhere ive looked is 1.31-1.33

im going May so hoping to wait a bit

 

[wayneg]

where is doing 1.37? everywhere ive looked is 1.31-1.33

im going May so hoping to wait a bit

Only way is to pre-order for next month you can get upto $1.385 for May, not kind of service I use but many do.

http://www.comparetravelmoney.co.uk/index.asp?sort=USD&#compare

 

[fairytale]

This may rub salt in the wounds.

But I purchased yesterday from Crown Currency £2500.00 worth at 1.52$ to the pound.

They had a large number of cancelled contracts and was offering great deals in light of the recent drop.

I've used Crown a few times now and got taking to the agent who assisted me yesterday.

He said that it is impossible to predict any further than really 8 weeks in advance and although nothing is for sure, he estimated that it would drop even more to 1.19.

I say bite the bullet and buy now

 

[orangetiggs]

fairfx are 1.36 at the moment, we got one of their cards last year and worked great for us

 

[fearfall]

i think i would buy now as well

 

[natalielongstaff]

But I purchased yesterday from Crown Currency £2500.00 worth at 1.52$ to the pound.

that could prove to be a very wise move !

 

[buzz for boys]

This may rub salt in the wounds.

But I purchased yesterday from Crown Currency £2500.00 worth at 1.52$ to the pound.

I say bite the bullet and buy now

I saw that on the website but we not intanding to buy that much - it seems they do better deals the more money you exchange!!

 

[buzz for boys]

Thanks everyone U backed up what i was thinking if the rate goes up then we will be able to buy more but for now 1.37 seems as close to 1.4 as its gonna get !! I saw it at 1.45 on saturady and thought wait another day see if it can creep a little closer to 1.5 and the it crashed right down so im going to learn from my greed and go for it !!
Thanks for being honest peeps x

Also ive been using the comparison site that wayne put a link up for and found it very useful - its reccomended in the brits guide !!

 

[fairytale]

I saw that on the website but we not intanding to buy that much - it seems they do better deals the more money you exchange!!

You dont have to buy the full amount they were offering on the cancelled contracts. The sum they show available is the maximum that you could obtain at that rate, ie I think I could have had anything up to £7500.00 worth but choose just to get £2500.00 as we dont travel until October.

Its worth maybe giving them a call and seeing if they have any still available

 

[juliebro]

Just looking at Crown Currency website now. Can't see that sort of deal offered.

Do you have the link?

 

[fairytale]

Just looking at Crown Currency website now. Can't see that sort of deal offered.

Do you have the link?

The offer was only available for a couple of days as it related to all cancelled contracts.

As soon you logged on to Crown Currency it came up in box as "Cancelled Contracts Special Deals", I looked again on Wednesday and they had all been taken

 

[juliebro]

I think it was mentioned on MSE, so won't have lasted long.

 

[wilma-bride]

As others have said, with only 5 weeks to go I would buy now. Like you say, if the rate improves, you could buy a bit more. Personally, I wouldn't like ot take the chance that it might drop further and, to be honest, the rate is unlikely to go up that much in just 5 weeks anyway.