Author: Team@HolidayCurrencyExchange
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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 down when his term comes to an end tomorrow. The military have threatened action against him. Thomas Cook is sending five…
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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 relocation of services have all improved the customer experience. Anyone who has used the airport since it was sold by BAA…
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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 planning. On far too many occasions in recent years they have all been caught out by either quick changes in weather,…
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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 have an impact on exchange rate. Which way we do not know or more importantly for how long. We will be…
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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 the news it will have an impact on finance markets in the UK. With Brexit on the forefront on retailers minds…
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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 and should always plan ahead and not buy at the last minute. A number of the companies we list allow you…
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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 its likely that even if Brexit doesn’t occur in 2017 that the plans and timeline will be set. The US has…
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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 of the rates may surprise you with some companies offering the same rate on collection (as long as you have pre-ordered)…
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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 for the last 10 presidents. President No President Dates GBP/USD rate 45 (Elect) Donald Trump 20th Jan 2017 – tbc 44…
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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 increased anyway. The pound against the Euro is better than its been for days and the Dollar rate too so perhaps…