Messages posted by : AllyG
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Eggman,
Thanks for the photo, your foot looks awful, with that great gash sewn up. And it looks horribly sore. You poor thing! I shall show your photo to my kids to stop them wearing pointy shoes :D I wouldn't be at all surprised if you cried when the nurse pulled off the bandage - I'm only surprised you didn't thump her one - I think I'd have done - it's the natural reaction to someone torturing you, even if they are a nurse! I hope the operation was a success :D Ally |
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Thanks, That's not a bad idea Pablo, but actually I've got to buy 3, because one of my husband's relatives is coming with us, so I've got to pay about 600 euros in total :shock:. I might just buy them now, before I forget about it. My memory is appalling now, and I want to get them posted out to us well ahead of time :roll:. Ally |
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The euro rate today is quite good. My cheapest source of euros in our local town is Thomsons travel agents, and today they are quoting 1.093 euros to the pound, and no extra commission or anything.
I think I will get 100 euros, and possibly pay for our lift passes on-line today as well, even though we're not going for a month. The rate may improve, but on the other hand, it may go down again! Edit, I have just phoned Visa (on my free phone line!) to ask them where they hide their exchange rates on their website. It's on visaeurope.com, and then you have to click on the corporate site bit (don't click on which country you want instead), and on the home page they have the exchange rates. Anyway, their exchange rate just now when I phoned was 1.13 euros to the pound, before deducting the 2.99% or whatever it is that Lloyds will charge me for using my Visa debit card. So, in theory anyone using their Visa card right now through a bank that doesn't charge them will get 1.13 euros to the pound (unless I've forgotten about some other charge), which is quite a good rate :D Ally |
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Why don't you try renting some new skis, just for a day even, to see if it makes a difference.
The new skis turn much more easily than the old ones. I hadn't skied for 30 years and then I rented some new ones, and I couldn't understand why I was slaloming about the place, until I realised how easily they turn. They seem to be built to carve. Ally |
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Have a great time everyone and tell us about it when you get back :D
Ally |
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I have just checked what I was charged on my Lloyds visa debit card in Tignes at the end of October.
The 3% currency charge on purchases abroad with the card must be built in to the currency exchange rate, because it's not itemized, but assuming I did pay it, even with this charge the currency exchange rate is better than I would have got at home changing pounds for euros. And then on top of this they have charged me a £1 transaction charge. So, I'm not really bothered. Even if I spend £500 on purchases when I'm on my next holiday that only makes £15 plus the £1 fee for each one. For me, the most important thing is that my card works. Twice now, on holiday my sister-in-law has found that one of her cards won't work. That is really awkward if you have no other way of paying for things or obtaining cash. I always take 2 different debit cards with me, just in case! Ally |
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What did you think of La Plagne? I was thinking about going there at sometime in the future.
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It's all very complicated, and the banks seem to change the rules fairly frequently.
I take about 100 pounds in euros for cash and then use my Visa debit card. Ally |
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