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Re: Headed to Europe, I've a question about currency
Hope you have a nice trip. Yea there is a lot of trouble with Scottish notes being use in England I hear... Ive never had a problem though, except with a ticket machine not having a clue what my Scottish note was. I don't think english notes are classed as "legal tender" in Scotland either but noone really cares about… -
Re: Headed to Europe, I've a question about currency
Pound sterling is just a name for our currency generally. You only ever call it sterling when you're talking about the currency as a whole or if you're discussing multiple currencies. It's pretty simple: We've got paper 'notes' (twenties, tens and fives are the most common), Pound coins, two-pound coins, then 50, 10, 20,… -
Re: Headed to Europe, I've a question about currency
Yeah let your card guys know you're going, and carry euros in France and sterling in the UK. You're unlikely to find anywhere really other than places like Calais or Dover that will accept them both. Having lived in the UK all my life, I don't think I've ever seen anywhere that accepted euros. Scotland will always accept… -
Re: Headed to Europe, I've a question about currency
Yeah, having every type of note a different size and colour so we can tell them apart quickly and easily..psshh what were we thinking! :poly142: I really wonder how often Americans pay with the wrong type of bill. -
Re: Headed to Europe, I've a question about currency
Gail and I travel tons, we're all too aware on telling the credit company about our travels. Hell, I let them know if I'm off to Seattle for a weekend! (2 hour drive...) What's a Sterling? And I take it a Euro can be used in France & England? 'English Notes'? Either there's far too many types of currency or theres far too… -
Re: Headed to Europe, I've a question about currency
mostly sterling and some euros.. good time for you guys the US$ is strong and the Euro is in the toilet.. what split you should have depends on the amount of time you spend in those places.. Scotland is part of the UK although they don't like to talk about it. And British pounds are used there.. they have their own notes… -
Re: Headed to Europe, I've a question about currency
The manager will tell you to shove off ;) banks outside the UK just don't like the not-so-common UK notes. It's a fact. Heck, in Italy they didn't even want to exchange 1000 ATS (before the Euro days), nevermind that Austria is their neighbour and that it's a legal tender. I don't even want to know what the guys in that… -
Re: Headed to Europe, I've a question about currency
I was there with the wife this time last year, also for three weeks and also UK/France (though just London, Hull -for a wedding- and Paris). We put aside a set amount of Pounds and Euros for for each and then used credit cards with pin-codes for any extra we needed, as well as hotels and a car rental. I don't know your…
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