Currency Conversion

www.xe.com/ucc
Has all the latest currency conversion rates.

Conversion rate changes daily. Check the financial section of your local newspaper.

I would not change money at home. You're better off getting money a few times while travelling from a local ATM. This is also the method reccomened by Rick in his books.

The US Dollar looked like a sick puppy last time I checked the rate. However, if you love traveling to Europe, suddenly that puppy is peppy!

At least the euro is not as high as the British pound. My family and I just returned from England and are still smarting from that exchange rate. It will my trip to Italy this summer seem cheap!

The best page I have found is oanda.com. You can click on CURDRENT TOOLS then click on FX Cheat Sheet, then click on Get my FX Cheat Sheet.

You can then print a pocket size converision table to take with you which you can quickly use to convert Euro prices to dollars.

No need for a pocket calculator. I have used the sheet on every trip I make to Europe.

You can also print a sheet for countries currency which do not use the Euro. I have converted many of my traveling friends to carry a Cheat Sheet and have had no complaints yet.

Thanks so much for the great advice. The www.oanda.com information will be extremely useful.

Simply go to www.yahoo.com and click on the "finance" link on the left and scroll down to Currency rates. It is updated daily.

Check the financial pages of your local newspaper. Somewhere there will exchange rates for all foreign currencies, and they are updated daily. As of today (4/27) the rate is about $1.36 for 1 Euro 9near an all-time high).

Has anyone opened a euro account to play the exchange? ATM card or Visa card?
Todd