gibraltar again

[mijas bound]

what do they charge as an exchange rate in Gib when you pay in euros??

i remember a few years ago i paid in Euros at the cafe at the top of the cable car and it was very expensive, is that still the case (and the food was cr4p)

[katy]

maybe because it's currency is sterling

[mijas bound]

does that give them the right to totally rip people off???

[Retro P]

The whole of Gibraltar is a rip off, it's a toilet, I never go there !!

[mijas bound]

toilet?? i thought it was a car park

[JAWG]

And what kind of an exchange rate do the stores in UK give when you want to pay in Euros (I understand the the acceptance of Euros is becoming more common in UK). It is always going to be less than the bank rate.

[mijas bound]

probably better than 2 euros to the pound

[Jool]

How much are you planing to spend in Gib?

[mijas bound]

not that much really but its part of my spendies and i want it

[mijas bound]

as far as sterling being the currency of Gib, friends of ours just came back from Turkey, where the Lire IS the currency and they had a better deal by paying for everything in Euros, which is NOT their currency

how does that work????

[JAWG]

probably better than 2 euros to the pound

Dreamer!

[mijas bound]

i remember the meal being rubbish and costing about 60 quid (in euros) for 3 of us, in a cafeteria

[JAWG]

by JAWG on Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:42 am

probably better than 2 euros to the pound


Dreamer!

I think I read this wrong. You were not getting 2 Euros for a pound, you had to pay 2 Euros for every pound of the cheque. Probably more than what you would pay in Gib. I never found the exchange rate in the pub that we normally ate in in Gib to be outrageous. Cost more Euros but not bad.

[Mowser]

Retro P

Gib is a toilet? Does that mean you've got to be flush to go there?

[Retro P]

Sterling is not the currency of Gibraltar.
The official currency is Gibraltar pounds which are designed to rip tourists off, Gibraltar pounds are useless anywhere else and I doubt you could exchange them anywhere other that a british bank though I may stand corrected !!

[BENIDORM]

Well it's a pity that Gib. gets so much bad press, I think that it is still a worth-while place to visit...so much history..but perhaps that doesn't appeal to so many people...shame...they don't know what they are missing...

Regards,
Gordon

[Acen]

Sterling is not the currency of Gibraltar.
The official currency is Gibraltar pounds which are designed to rip tourists off, Gibraltar pounds are useless anywhere else and I doubt you could exchange them anywhere other that a british bank though I may stand corrected !!

My experience is that banks wont exchange it unless you have an account with them, you can actually exchange at the FX place but can you believe they will offer 1 to 1 BUT charge commission. (im not joking).

[ajtg1952]

I am just back from a weekend in Gibraltar. I normally go for a day only every three months for cigarettes and Morrison's.

However this time I was a tourist.

I went up the rock, visited loads of bars, ate good food and visited Ocean Village which I was most impressed with. I travelled by bus everywhere for next to no money.

Apart from the weather, it was the perfect weekend. Changed all the Gibraltar pounds I had left in La Linea and got a decent rate.

[markwilding]

There you are, Just goes to show one person's hell is another person's heaven.

Gibraltar's not my favourite place,but to have a day out in,it isn't so bad either

[spanish_lad]

"morrisons 54% more expensive in gib"

http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=17502


and thats from their own reporters !