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| Yxz |
Going on holiday?? - Pound conversion rates guideWelcome to my conversion rates guide!
In this topic, I will update it every day / few days, with whether the currency for certain countrys is going up or down, and what it has changed to, and from etc! This way, you can keep track of whether to change your money over SOONER or LATER. Many people will probably be going on holiday in the summer, so best to keep track of it! If there are any currencys I havn't added that you would like me to add, let me know and ill get them added and keep a record of the changes for you! Euros 28th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 1.265 Euros. 29th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 1.266 Euros. 30th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 1.262 Euros. 1st July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 1.263 Euros. 3rd July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 1.261 Euros. 4th July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 1.262 Euros. Australia Dollars 28th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.074 AUD. 29th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.076 AUD. 30th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.067 AUD. 1st July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.093 AUD. 3rd July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.063 AUD. 4th July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.065 AUD. Canada Dollars 28th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.017 CAD. 29th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.015 CAD. 30th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.012 CAD. 3rd July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.023 CAD. 4th July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.023 CAD. New Zealand Dollars 28th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.617 NZD. 29th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.622 NZD. 30th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.605 NZD. 3rd July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.620 NZD. 4th July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 2.611 NZD. United States Dollars 28th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 1.993 USD. 29th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 1.994 USD. 30th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 1.990 USD. 3rd July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 1.982 USD. 4th July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 1.983 USD. Japan Yen 28th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 211.602 JPY. 29th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 211.748 JPY. 30th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 210.112 JPY. 3rd July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 211.595 JPY. 4th July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 211.750 JPY. South Africa Rand 28th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 15.773 ZAR. 29th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 15.794 ZAR. 30th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 15.576 ZAR. 3rd July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 15.334 ZAR. 4th July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 15.324 ZAR. Egypt Pounds 29th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 10.671 EGP. 30th June 2008 - £1.00 GBP = Amount removed 3rd July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 10.571 EGP. 4th July 2008 - £1.00 GBP = 10.569 EGP. Cheers! - If theres somewhere your going, and want me to keep up to date in this topic with the changes, post below and I will get the currency added!
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| StacFace |
I'm going to South Africa on 23rd July for 4 weeks, would you be able to get conversion rates for the South African Rand?
Cheers. 
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| alimufan |
how much are us dollars worth in pounds? | ||||||||
| Yxz |
Yeah sure ill add it now.
Ill keep it up to date every day or few days with changes! So we can see if its steady rate / going up or down etc! 
Hopefully, it will help people decide when to buy their currency, to get the best rates possible! Edit: have added USD (US Dollars) and also the south african rand
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| alimufan |
thatz great +5 karma added | ||||||||
| StacFace |
Thanks.
Karma added.
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| Mario |
My Freinds Going to Egypt, Got any idea of the rate? | ||||||||
| Adam |
Thanks YXZ for this guide ]
I hope it will continue to be updated till i go on holiday in december to new zealand for 3 weeks
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| Yxz |
Have updated everything today!
Looking good so far - everything has gone up a tiny bit, apart from Candian Dollars. Mario, What currency do they use in Egypt? I'll see if I can add it for you
Edit: Got it! - Will add it now, it's 'Egypt Pounds' (EGP) |
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| gaztheghost |
Where do you get your rates from YXZ. The Euro to the £ convertion is good at 126 to the £ the best i've seen around my town is 123. | ||||||||
| Big-Brother |
Thanks For This YXZ D: | ||||||||
| a l e x |
Thanks this will help me a lot since I'm going to France in 2 weeks and Japan on 5 weeks! | ||||||||
| Paulolad |
This is great because I'm going to austria in a few months and spain soon after (1 month after to be precise) I am a lucky ducky well thanks for the help
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| Yxz |
The exchange rate should be the same, throughout the country shouldn't it? - Unless the place your getting the currency from charges commission of course. The rates are from xe.com , which is rated quite highly etc.. and I get the rates of there daily, and post them here, so we can compare them each week, and see if its gone up/down etc, to see when it gets to a high point, and about to start going down etc,
And 1.26 Euros to the pound isn't extremely good.. it has been better. Im going to France for 3 weeks in the summer, so want it to go up! Lol |
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| gaztheghost |
You would expect them to be the same across the country yeah. But there not always, some places offer a better rate than others. When I went Spain in April it was only 122 to the pound that'swhat I meant by a good rate. it's a lot better than when I went away. | ||||||||
| Fizzy |
Thanks Ben this is going to be helpful I'm going to Disneyland Paris in September and will need to get some Euros!
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| Yxz |
Have updated all the currencys for today, cheers
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| R¹sfx |
When you say.. for instance.. 1.265, does that mean 1 euro 26 cent or actually 1.265 euros?
Great topic btw mate really useful.
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| Yxz |
There both the same arent they lol? .26 is the same as 26cent isnt it? Lol.. as it will only go up to 100 cent, etc.. Sorry if im wrong, im not really sure, but I think what you said are both the same? |
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| Wolverine |
i AM GOING TO iTALY AC MILAN on saturday!wowowwowo | ||||||||
| Rebeccacool9 |
Thanks, Yxz.
Very useful, I'm going to Miami on 17th August 2008, and i'm wondering when I should convert my money! I do my converting in Tescos - and yes, it's pretty awesome exchange rates there +5 Karma added. How do you come up with such clever posts/threads?
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| Yxz |
No probs and thanks
Have updated the thread again with all of todays rates - There isnt much change at the moment!
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| Yxz |
Have updated the topic with todays rates - still not much change! 
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| gaztheghost |
What's the latest euro rates? | ||||||||
| Yxz |
Heya,
Sorry have stopped updating this guide, because these rates are different to the post office rates. I bought my euros on friday, and I got 1.22 euros per pound, which is okay ish, could of been better... It went up for 1.17 though. I still advise you wait until the last minute though, as I am pretty sure its going back up. If you want to check the post office rates yourself, which will be the same at any post office in the country, (0% commission as well), use this link: http://www.postoffice.co.uk/porta...ageId=fex_main&catId=19300210 Select the currency from the dropdown and put in £1 and it will tell you how much it is to the pound
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| StacFace |
Glad to see that although it is not by much the rand is going down because I already got mine. 
Although I'm taking some english money out there with me which I won't get exchanged for rand unless I run out of the rand, so towards the end of my holiday it would be nice if it went back up a little. Maybe this should be unstickied if it's not getting updated anymore...? 
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| Yxz |
Yeah good idea, can be unstickied when a mod next sees it
No urgent rush for it though. |
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| Olivah |
Please can you add the Australian Dollar?
-Thanks in advance. |
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| X-Box |
good idea | ||||||||
| gaztheghost |
That will be when you get your adminship then
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| Yxz |
What? lol And yeah, ill ask a mod to unsticky |
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| Turtle-Man |
Good news; your pretty-much certain to be the next admin It's a long, confusing story.
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| Yxz |
A long confusing story? I havnt heard anything lol, and lots of people have applied, so theres no certainty to anything, but thanks though lol. |
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| -E.A- |
Unstickied
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| Reaper |
Not going, but I'm curious, how much is £1 worth In Zimbabwe Dollars? | ||||||||
| sam |
About 2 billion I think. |
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| Reaper |
I converted it myself, about 9900000. | ||||||||
| Hammers10 |
wow!
so a 99p chocolate bar there is sooo expensive |
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| -E.A- |
Not expensive, as it's a conversion. It's the same value as 99p......... |
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| sam |
Actually you're wrong. The people now are very poor and in comparison the chocolate bar is very expensive. For example, last year they could have had Z$100,000, which was enough for say, 100 chocolate bars, but now that's worth enough for 1 piece of rice. |
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| Reaper |
To add to sam's, the country hasn't made money, it's just the prices have gone up. Say you only had £5 pounds, and you bought a cd for £5.
But in a year, you have another £5, but inflation has made the cd over 2 million pounds. It's not the wealth, it's the currency that's there's a shortage of, I think. |
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| Paulolad |
By the way was this thread un-stickied? it's really helpful, i've been working out in my head what I'm taking to spain with me
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