On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:28:51 +0100, Alfred Molon
wrote:
>In article <0gg4l35i1nbro1mgf8a1nqrnfgo41lnu4d@4ax.com>, Chris Blunt
>says...
>
>> Because even if you know where an ATM is located in the airport you're
>> arriving at, there's always the possibility it may not be working just
>> at the very time you need it most.
>
>For that unlikely event I carry some Euro bills with me, which I then
>change at one of the currency exchange counters at the airport.
>
>IIRC this has happened so far only once, at the airport in Marrakech
>(Morocco), when on that day the ATMs were out of order. I changed a
>small amount (50 Euro) which allowed me to take a taxi into town, where
>I could withdraw cash from other ATMs
>
>Even in the unlikely event that the ATMs were not functional and the
>currency counters were all closed, you could find a taxi driver willing
>to accept Euro or dollars or willing to bring you into town to the next
>ATM.
Maybe, but the argument put forward for not changing any money before
you leave home was that you'd get a better rate when you arrive. I
doubt very much that the exchange rate a taxi driver would give you
would be anything like as good as you could get almost anywhere else.
It seems common sense to me to make sure you have at least a small
amount of local currency on you when you arrive just in case of the
unexpected.
Chris |