Tag: egypt
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Winter Sun Holidays 2025: Best Value Destinations for UK Travellers
Planning a winter escape in 2025? From the Canary Islands to Dubai, we round up the best value winter sun destinations for UK travellers — and how to make your travel money go further.
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Where is Marsa Alam?
Marsa Alam is a resort in Egypt which is growing in popularity, in part due to a number of UK operators stopping their holidays to Sharm el Sheikh, it will appear in more borchures over the coming year leading to more people wondering where it is. Everyone has heard of Cairo and Sharm but not…
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Thomas Cook cancel ALL Sharm el Sheikh holidays
Thomas Cook have made the huge step of cancelling all holidays to Sharm el Sheikh, Egypts popular holiday destination. They have removed all holidays from sale upto and including the summar 2018 season. They have started the process of contacting anyone who has a holiday already booked to make alternative arrangements. They will be…
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Thomas Cook Suspend Sharm Flights
Thomas Cook have confirmed that they will not fly to Sharm for Summer 16 season. Following government advice advising against air travel to Sharm El Sheikh last year the advice hasn’t changed and Thomas Cook have therefore taken the step to cancel all flights to the Egypt resort. Anyone who had a trip booked with…
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Currency of Egypt – Egyptian Pound
The currency of Egypt is the Egyptian Pound. Its currency code is EGP and the currency symbol is £ or Pt. It is used in both Egypt and the Gaza Strip. There are 100 Piastre in a Pound. The currency is made up of coins and banknotes as follows: Frequently used coins: £1, Pt1, Pt5, Pt10, Pt20, Pt25,…
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What currency do I need for Egypt?
There is always confusion about Egypt, some people say you need local currency, some just take US Dollars and others may just take sterling, so what should you take? Simple answer – Egyptian Pounds, US Dollars or Sterling are all accepted Egypt has done well since the introduction of the Euro as, when the rate…
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Sharm El-Sheikh Weather, Egypt
Todays weather in Sharm is 27degrees and sunny – it looks great for anyone heading over there. Make sure you take a few Egyptian Pounds or US Dollars with you if you’re heading over in case you need to cash to spend or use for tips. Rates are looking good at the moment USD at…
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Sharm El Sheikh – currently 28degrees
We’ve seen a rise in the number of people ordering currency for Egypt. Its worth remembering that you can use US Dollars throughout most of Egypt. A lot of people travelling to Sharm El Sheikh will be all inclusive so money needed will be for trips or tips and usually USD are the preferred currency…