SaffanZimbo Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 16 days till we fly...... OK so I knew I should have been more organised and got AU$'s a few weeks ago...... the exchange rate is horrendous at present and doesn't look to be getting any better anytime soon. Not sure whether to (a) get a minimal amount of AU$'s in cash to take with and use debit card for the rest in the hope the rate improves during our 3 week reccie; or (b) take no cash and just use debit card...... Any clairvoyants out there who can help??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sully7669 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I went to Halifax yesterday and they offered $1.35 so I said sod that walked past cash converters and saw $1.41 I could not believe it bloody cash converters better than my sodding bank. My advice go to the little guy like cash converter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjez Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 You need to ask yourself if you can see any reason why it would improve in the short term? I can't. There is no physical reason why the pound can't go to 1:35US. It's been there before. That would make it 1:30AUD. Even at this level, there is no reason why it can't go lower. Hell of a good time to return to the UK. Hell of a bad time to go to Oz, unless of course you have little money, and then it makes no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaffanZimbo Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 You need to ask yourself if you can see any reason why it would improve in the short term? I can't. There is no physical reason why the pound can't go to 1:35US. It's been there before. That would make it 1:30AUD. Even at this level, there is no reason why it can't go lower. Hell of a good time to return to the UK. Hell of a bad time to go to Oz, unless of course you have little money, and then it makes no difference. Good point! We have to validate instead of move for good in 2 weeks as we need to get our finances in the UK sorted before the big move. We won't be able to take much with us when we do go in 2014/2015 so it will be almost like starting over.... We've done it once before when we moved to the UK and we are sure we can do it again - only difference this time is that we have 2 little ones in tow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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