never ever ever
use Barclays Bureau de change

that is all
(Halfy By light alone, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 8:29, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I rarely use any bureau de change any more
I just stick my card in a local ATM when I get to where I'm going. And anything over about €/$/£20 or so goes on plastic anyway.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 8:47, Reply)

Me too
but I dislike turning up in a country without any local currency (I do it all the time though).
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 9:22, Reply)

my dad sent me some new mastercard type thing
that you can use abroad without charges. it's a top-up credit card essentially, so you load what you wnat/think you'll need and off you go.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 14:17, Reply)

Me too
Did that in Switzerland in December, worked out great.

I do love how ignorant us Brits are when we travel though. Was over there for football, got through passport control in Basle and it hit us that no one knew what language they spoke or what currency they used.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 9:41, Reply)

card willy ATM gaylord to where I'm going excited €/$/£20 8 inches on plastic in my bum
(TheColonel, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 9:52, Reply)

That's just
taking the strikeout thing too far!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 10:02, Reply)

It took some doing,
but I think the commitment paid off.
(TheColonel, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 10:08, Reply)