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Does the euro "walk" in Hurghada? What is better to take - euros or dollars?
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He walks calmly, and the Arabs love him more than a dollar. it is better to buy and pay in local Pounds, all hotels have exchangers.
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answered 16 years ago
everything goes, but it’s better to change it for small pounds and you’ll be in the win-exchangers in hotels, just take receipts.
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answered 16 years ago
but dollars are better. At least the Arabs have known them for a long time, the course is normal, they always have small change. If you wish, change can also be given in pounds. By the way, if you change dollars for pounds - do not change a lot, otherwise you will not know what to do with them later - they are not allowed to take them out of Egypt. Yes, you will not need them outside the country.
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answered 16 years ago
How is it not allowed to export pounds outside of Egypt? I took it out and everything is fine! As far as I know, the dollar goes better. Change it to pounds anyway, but not everything, otherwise we have little sense with Egyptian pounds ...
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answered 16 years ago
do not fool yourself with exchangers !!!! Take small dollars with you and everything will be good. If you buy something with large denominations, they will give you dollars and change .... At the very least, part of the change will be in pounds - but before they give them to you, they will ask if it is possible, will it suit you !! ! And I don’t advise you to run and exchange dollars for pounds on purpose!
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answered 16 years ago
P.S pounds are allowed to be exported but in the amount of not more than 20. and everyone :)
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answered 16 years ago
there are a lot of counterfeit dollars in egypt, especially small ones. they say, even in the exchange office, if you bring them home, you won’t be able to sell them here later, but there. if you get caught, then you can give the taxi driver - they themselves do not particularly understand. so it's better to change smaller here. and there, if necessary, then their pounds dominate.
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answered 16 years ago
There are also dollars and euros and Egyptian pounds. If you choose between the euro and the dollar, then the choice is yours. Because the same product costs, for example, either $ 5 or 5 euros, the difference is tangible in terms of our hard-earned money :)
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answered 16 years ago
I agree with the last opinion...Only either in a supermarket or in a restaurant shop with"honest " Egyptian-you will be recalculated at the rate. In all other cases, the dollar is equal to the euro. Friends went with us - my husband gave the installation - you need to take small bucks! upon arrival, another 300 dollars per buck was found! everyone laughed) and then Pts even dispersed around! and everyone followed him - change))))
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answered 16 years ago
And you can pay with dollars and euros as you like and take more small money, otherwise they often don’t have change and start giving Egyptian pounds at an exchange rate that is not very favorable.
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answered 16 years ago
It is best to pay with local money. and as everyone correctly noted - there are more small pieces of paper. recently they used coins - pounds
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answered 16 years ago
when I arrive in Egypt, I change 10 dollars at the airport when buying a visa, there is enough pounds for the first time for tips and small purchases, and then the calculation is in dollars, for excursions you also pay in dollars and for a taxi, but the fact that the Arabs ask for a price of 5 dollars or 5 euros without recalculation of the exchange rate, that's for sure. I even paid in hryvnias, they are also taken. Have a good rest.
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answered 16 years ago
it is better to have small dollars. often the price in dollars and euros for small things is the same - so why pay more. And be aware - they often pretend they don't have change - so have small bills
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answered 16 years ago
In January I flew to Sharm, I was convinced from my own experience that it is definitely more profitable to pay with pounds. Because when paying in dollars, they count at an unfavorable rate, then round up, as a result, you get much less change than you need. I then recalculated on the calculator, sometimes it turned out that I overpaid almost 2 times ...
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answered 16 years ago
said a lot - I will not repeat)
I will only say that when exchanging both euros and dollars, the euro / dollar ratio corresponds to the Russian one approximately - therefore there is no difference with what to go, I don’t know for Ukraine
pay in local pounds, indeed, much more profitable
and one more thing ... in exchange offices in hotels, the exchange rate is somewhat different from banks in favor of the hotel, therefore it is more profitable to change in banks, especially since exchange offices are at every step and work until late at night
I will only say that when exchanging both euros and dollars, the euro / dollar ratio corresponds to the Russian one approximately - therefore there is no difference with what to go, I don’t know for Ukraine
pay in local pounds, indeed, much more profitable
and one more thing ... in exchange offices in hotels, the exchange rate is somewhat different from banks in favor of the hotel, therefore it is more profitable to change in banks, especially since exchange offices are at every step and work until late at night
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answered 16 years ago
Personally, I always take dollars to Egypt, the Arabs are really more familiar with them). We took out pounds, about 100, no one checked. Take dollars and change to pounds as needed.
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answered 16 years ago
As for me, it is more convenient with the dollar. It is even more convenient to pay in pounds. As someone said, I immediately change at the airport in the bank when buying a visa. I changed the rest as needed in banks in the city ... I took out the rest of the pounds ... Now there are about 200 pounds in my wallet and I know that they will be very useful on the next trip.
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answered 16 years ago