Travellers Cheques or Sterling

[brookshall]

Hi all, just wanting to know which would be the best to take, first time we have been to Turkey, really looking forward to it, but is it better to take sterling or travellers cheques or no difference.

Cheers

Mark

[mazz]

Hi Mark

I usually take a mixture - enough Turkish lira to see you through the first day (as you'll get a better exchange rate over there), some sterling and sterling travellers cheques. Travellers cheques can be cashed anywhere, you don't need to visit a bank or change office. I always use the supermarket under the ICR office to change cash and cheques and you get the same exchange rate for both (just write your passport number on the reverse of cheques before handing them over - they may want to see your passport the first time you cash though, I don't have a problem with this as they know me quite well in there! )

Just make sure you hire a safe box at your accommodation for the duration of your stay - they're normally £10 a week.

Hope you have a great time

Mazz

[andy r]

Returned a fortnight ago,we only took sterling found it much easier to pay for everything,no messing about with exchange rates etc

[John V]

I used to take a mixture of Sterling Cheques and Poundnotes, on the last 2 trips I have only taken Poundnotes and the same as Andy find it easier.

[brookshall]

Hi all, thanks for all your advise, realy useful, much appreciated, roll on 6 weeks time.