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How many Egyptian pounds should I take with me?
How many Egyptian pounds should I take with me?
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thanks for the valuable information) but still .. the price limit for some products or goods, souvenirs .. travel in transport, all this is better in local currency
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answered 5 years ago
It is better to change pounds on the spot, and change the amount you plan to spend. No one will tell you the price limit, since we don’t know what exactly you want to buy + no one has canceled the opportunity to bargain, so it’s better to change a small amount first, walk around the trading points - ask the price, and then decide how much you need if bills remain by the end of the vacation, I never tried to change back to dollars if the amount is decent (by the standards of Egypt, I think you won’t change 1000 bucks ;))) ), you can go to a fish restaurant on the last evening (Fares, Starfish or another that you like), if the amount is insignificant, then it can be spent in airport cafes, you still have to buy water and drinks in the free zone, since all the liquid will be taken away at the control.
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answered 5 years ago
For shopping in shops, pharmacies, duty-free, paying in cafes, it is best to take a card, not necessarily a currency one - you can easily pay in hryvnia.
For purchases in small souvenir and food stalls, dollars are well suited, the price is almost always quoted in dollars.
As for the rest - I completely agree with Alex714 - change to pounds on the spot, and then only the right amount, so that later you don’t bother with change and the rest of the pounds.
For purchases in small souvenir and food stalls, dollars are well suited, the price is almost always quoted in dollars.
As for the rest - I completely agree with Alex714 - change to pounds on the spot, and then only the right amount, so that later you don’t bother with change and the rest of the pounds.
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answered 5 years ago
Take as much as you are willing to spend.
everyone has different needs.
we can spend as much as $50 (tips, mangoes) on one trip, and $300 or more on another (familiar medicines will be ordered, suddenly you want to go somewhere, massages, water sports, etc.).
What is the link to the local currency?
Dollar he and in Africa dollar
everyone has different needs.
we can spend as much as $50 (tips, mangoes) on one trip, and $300 or more on another (familiar medicines will be ordered, suddenly you want to go somewhere, massages, water sports, etc.).
What is the link to the local currency?
Dollar he and in Africa dollar
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answered 5 years ago
Pounds were withdrawn from the Sberbank card. Small amounts less than 20 pounds are usually not allowed to pay by card, only cash. Dollars are accepted at the rate of 17-18 pounds per dollar. It is better to bring a lot of small ones or exchange them at the reception for small ones.
Minibus from 3 to 10 pounds. Fresh juices £20 to £80 per bottle 0.85, cane 10 per glass. Beer Stella / Sugar 19-20 pounds per 0.5 liter.
In Carrefour, the ElEzabi pharmacy and official mobile phone shops do not accept dollars, only cards or pounds.
Minibus from 3 to 10 pounds. Fresh juices £20 to £80 per bottle 0.85, cane 10 per glass. Beer Stella / Sugar 19-20 pounds per 0.5 liter.
In Carrefour, the ElEzabi pharmacy and official mobile phone shops do not accept dollars, only cards or pounds.
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answered 5 years ago
"What's the peg to the local currency?
The dollar is also the dollar in Africa "- everything is very simple here, the local currency (not only in Egypt) is simply necessary for small purchases and settlements in supermarkets, etc. I agree if you leave the hotel a couple of times to buy fruit souvenirs, then dollars are enough , if you often leave the hotel, then you can lose money on roundings, I agree that a person wants to save money, and somehow it’s not very good for me to pay bucks for a minibus instead of 2.5 pounds, etc.
The dollar is also the dollar in Africa "- everything is very simple here, the local currency (not only in Egypt) is simply necessary for small purchases and settlements in supermarkets, etc. I agree if you leave the hotel a couple of times to buy fruit souvenirs, then dollars are enough , if you often leave the hotel, then you can lose money on roundings, I agree that a person wants to save money, and somehow it’s not very good for me to pay bucks for a minibus instead of 2.5 pounds, etc.
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answered 5 years ago
Well, in the equivalent of one hundred dollars, you can withdraw local currency for tips and small shopping for cash. For everything else, the map will suffice.
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answered 5 years ago
On the spot on the first day you will find out the prices + - for travel by minibus (the distance from the hotel to the places where you are going to go is different) products, depending on what you want (shrimp, mango, strawberries, or something more, it’s really more profitable in the pharmacy in pounds) You if the question were formulated more specifically, then the answers would be informative. Nobody knows your Wishlist, if you eat for the first time, then you will want to buy different souvenirs (10 times this is no longer relevant). It is better to find out everything on the spot and then decide. Directly from the airport You definitely don't need pounds
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answered 5 years ago
so it’s all the same to carry a dollar or a euro, which would be changed on the spot. Or run around looking for exchange offices in Ukraine?
And how many pounds of small ones do you need ... who can know?
And how many pounds of small ones do you need ... who can know?
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answered 5 years ago
I take only dollars (for a rare case of buying a return ticket) and hryvnia (for a taxi in Kyiv). No worries about the local currency. The exchange rate is very dynamic. Everything immediately becomes clear on the spot.
That's what you need to do is to have a small currency .. for $ 1, for $ 5 ... If you change there for their tugriks, then not immediately $ 100, but in denomination less.
That's what you need to do is to have a small currency .. for $ 1, for $ 5 ... If you change there for their tugriks, then not immediately $ 100, but in denomination less.
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answered 5 years ago
Friends, in the age of cashless transactions and cryptocurrencies, does anyone continue to carry tons of cash with them "in shorts"? It's not safe, it's much easier to withdraw from the card (well, except for some countries where there are black exchange rates).
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answered 5 years ago
ollennka, I have cards, crediting-replenishment without interest, withdrawal of cash-%
so I brought cash for tips, not tons of course, but still.
Yes, and there are different cases, such as a breakdown of the terminal and "loss of signal".
so I brought cash for tips, not tons of course, but still.
Yes, and there are different cases, such as a breakdown of the terminal and "loss of signal".
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answered 5 years ago
AllOverTheWorld, well, a little cash and I carry with me every fireman)). The commission for cashing out is usually ridiculous, 200 rubles.
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answered 5 years ago
On the holiday before last, we took off a few pounds through the terminal - they still lie. All purchases were paid for with a card - souvenirs, fruits, a pharmacy. I didn't go to the bazaars, I don't like bargaining. And if you pay for travel, then you need to remember that you need to have small pounds, because everything is difficult with change. As in a taxi, if you pay in dollars.
And in cash only for excursions paid and tips. Dollars for small ones at the battle room changed
And in cash only for excursions paid and tips. Dollars for small ones at the battle room changed
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answered 5 years ago