I think...I'm not suggesting...I wouldn't expect...
Some help !
More posting for nothing.
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" a écrit dans le
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> Alan S wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:47:14 -0600, "singlemalt"
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Will the Central European countries generally accept Euros? I will be
>> >taking
>> >a tour that covers 4 CE countries and would like not to have to change
>> >currencies every 3 days. I do have an ATM card in case you were going to
>> >ask. Thanks.
>> >
>> I agree with the others.
>>
>> I travelled in a similar short-term way in 2006 through
>> (among others) Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Czech
>> Republic in that sequence. It was much easier to use ATMs to
>> get local currency for general use, even when I was only in
>> some countries for a day or two. Hotels often accepted
>> Euros, but street traders and restaurants always preferred
>> local currency and often had terrible exchange rates if you
>> used Euros. And don't try using Euros to buy a ticket on a
>> local bus or train from the driver and expect to see change.
>
> I agree with all of this, but I certainly noticed in Bratislava a lot of
> German-speaking (I'd guess Austrian) tourists paying in Euros- several
> times, and in different establishments. I think there are a lot of
> daytrippers- prices are given in Euros (in smaller print IIRC), and from
> what I recall were equivalent to the going rate. Same thing in a few
> Budapest restaurants. Of course, I'm not suggesting that someone make
> such a trip without using local currency- but for daytrippers from
> Austria, it seemed quite usual. Naturally, I wouldn't expect this to be
> the case outside touristed centres of cities.
>
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