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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (G A Moffett)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: Foreign exchange
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Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 20:14:08 EST
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> How does one go about obtaining foreign currency when planning
> a trip?  Or is it better to wait and change money in the visited
> country?
> 
> Lynda

In every major airport there is some form of currency exchange service
available.

As to where to exchange, I have found it better to exchange money
in the target country (ie, buy pounds in the UK, buy francs in France,
by dollars in the US), rather than exchanging before you get there.

Some hotels in large cities also offer currency exchange but their
rates are usually poor.

Banks usually offer the best rates of all.
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Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam