Thursday, December 15, 2011

What is the best currency to take on holiday to Turkey?

Going to Bodrum on holiday in May and im not sure what the best currency to take is. I know that they use Lira but i have heard the Euro, GBP or USD is preffered. Any advice welcome.





Thanks in advance.|||There is only one reason theyd prefer to get any other currency than Lira from u. It is, applying their own exchange rate. so for example 2 Liras are 1 Euro right now. They'd give u 1.8 for 1 Euro. So whenever u reach here, ask your tour guide where u can change your money for the best price. Also before departing u may see the rates in Turkey and the rates in the UK and get your money changed according to the price. U might save as much as 100 pounds for 2000-3000 pounds or euros.





And no, no shopkeeper would "go ahead" and fool u that u should exchange 5 Euros for where it was supposed to be 80 cents if of course u dont look like Goofy of Disney's. Turkey is not a 3rd world or a closed market country where Lira has no convertibility. Lira is quite convertible (i hope u have an idea about what convertibility is) and there's no reason for a Turkish person to run and grab the first foreign banknote in sight. The only reason would be what ive described above.|||Heyy 谋m on hol谋day 谋n Turkey r谋ght now hence the reason my 谋's come out l谋ke th谋s, w谋thout the dot. stup谋d turk谋sh keyboads. anyway haha yeah L谋ra 谋s used 谋n Turkey no matter where you go, however 谋n tour谋st谋c places l谋ke Bodrum some stalls and shops accept Euros. Id say take L谋ra though because stall owners w谋ll r谋p you off 谋f they see you are a tour谋st that has fore谋gn money, so for example 谋f someth谋ng 谋s only 2 lira wh谋ch 谋s 谋n GBP approx 80p then theyll go ahead and say 5 GBP and you would have got r谋pped off. So L谋ra :)


Have a cool hol谋day btw! : )|||Actually the local currency is the Turkish Lira, and that is preferred. But you could take Euros too.|||Turkish lira

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