Originally Posted by
darkhunter
Oh, also, to add more, anyone recently been to Rome ?
If you exchanged cash, how are the rates there?
I mean what should I expect ? how much below the current exchange did you get ?
Like right now on yahoo finance I'm seeing that $1 USD = .7463 euro
Now I understand I won't get that cause they take their cut and all that, but about what can I expect?
Like if I wanted to exchange $100 USD how many Euro could I expect to get?
70 ? less than that ?
And yes I get the exchange rate is always moving, it could be completely different when I'm there, I just want to get in idea how much below the current rate you see on the internet I will get.
I am in Rome right now ... and the exchange rates I've been seeing on the streets (not in the banks) have been running about $1.41 USD per Euro + 5 dollar fee. There were a few places that had lower fees, but it generally ranged from 2-5 dollars. I don't know the exact since I typically use my debit card.
My Debit card was giving me a rate of 1.36 back when the change places on the street were giving 1.45-1.50. IMHO using the debit card is way better. Even if the bank charges you $5 per transaction, your rates are alot better from the debit card.
Drek