Thomas Cook evacuate Gambia tourists
Thousands of tourists are currently in The Gambia abd Thomas Cook is bringing its customers back. The president of the country is resisting to leave his role despite increasing pressure for him to step...
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Gatwick Terminal Changes
British Airways, Easyjet and Virgin Atlantic all move in the coming weeks at Gatwick airport. Gatwick over recent years has been a massive change in the way it operates. New signage, different layouts and...
Entitlement if Travel Disrupted
There has been some bad weather in the bad weather in the UK this week. Not as bad as forecast for most but increasingly travel companies and airports are becoming more proactive in their...
Theresa May Brexit Plans
The Government have announced that the British Prime Minister Theresa May will publish her plans for Brexit on Tuesday 17th January. Whatever the contents it will send some shock to the financial markets and...
Super Thursday Exchange Rates
Today is referred to as Super Thursday buy a lot of the British media. It is the day taht most UK retailers publish their sales figures for December and of course Christmas. Regardless of...
High Street (not so great) Currency Deals
We carried out a price check today of the rates on offer in 5 locations for US Dollars and Euros. It confirmed what we repeat time and time again; you should always compare rates...
2017 – a year of changes
A new year is upon is and there are some significant known changes coming, which one way or another will affect currencies, travel and tourism. The UK has voted to leave the EU and...
Miss any postal delays
Don’t get caught in any postal delays or Post Office closures and if you need your travel money before Christmas then we recommend that you look at suppliers who offer click and collect. Some...
USD rates when each president took office
We thought we’d have a look at some historical data and pull together the exchange rates between the UK/US (GBP/USD) on the day each new US President took office. Below is what we found...
Black Friday Currency Rates
We’ve already seen a few claims of ‘sale rates’, ‘Best Rates of the Year’, ‘Unbeatable Rates’, but are they true. In all honesty, there are some good rates around, but also the rates have...