Holidaying Soon?

[maggiebee]

This was posted tonight by a friend.

It's beginning already! We're in Greece, no cash exchange & no cash machine withdrawals for Brits. Great.

Also read: Those holidaying to the US have already seen a 10% crash against the dollar to just $1.33 – the lowest in 30 years.

Stay at home year??

[naomi24]

Poor Maggie.

[ummmm]

It won't stay this way. Things will settle.

[maggiebee]

I'm not poor Naomi, far from it. However, I do feel for those stuck abroad at the moment who can't get money from cash machines because they are British.

[Ellipsis]

It's because they don't want to be dealing in a volatile currency. Those of us going on holiday will need to change enough cash before we go., until things settle down. Those already there ... tough, sorry.

[ummmm]

Maggie I read earlier that the machines started giving out cash and it was just the hotels etc that weren't.

[naomi24]

maggiebee, do you believe all you are told? I don't - but then you know that.

[Dahlia_Lama]

I have friends who are abroad and whether it's a knee jerk reaction or not , they're having problems with currency.
USA and Bulgaria .
I suppose it's amusing for people back home but it's not amusing when you're at the mercy of a foreign country's reaction .

[douglas9401]

Bliddy foreigners! Staying over there, protecting their own economies.....

[maggiebee]

I resent your insinuations Naomi. Are you trying to tell me that I shouldn't believe a friend who texts to tell me that she can't get money from a cash machine or from the hotel she is staying at?

[Mamyalynne]

Friends eh? Who'd have 'em - Dahlias got some too.

[Mamyalynne]

Hope your pals get sorted out OK.

[Dahlia_Lama]

Perhaps if we valued our own economy they might not have found themselves in this situation .

[naomi24]

I don't know, Maggiebee, but there are thousands of Brits in Europe at any one time, on holiday, on business and resident, and yours if the first complaint I've heard. I'd be very surprised if people who want their money refuse to facilitate access to it.

[naomi24]

*is* not if.

[Dahlia_Lama]

Hello .... Naomi !
Second

[ummmm]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1335368/uk-holidaymakers-in-greece-are-refused-cash-exchange-or-withdrawal-after-brexit/

Looks like it didn't last long for bank withdrawals.

[Ellipsis]

You don't have to search very hard ...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1335368/uk-holidaymakers-in-greece-are-refused-cash-exchange-or-withdrawal-after-brexit/

[naomi24]

Dahlia_Lama, quite right. Yours is the second. I await hearing from the thousands of other Brits financially destitute in Europe.

[douglas9401]

I recall being on Zakynthos on Black Wednesday and getting well scalped by our hosts when cashing travellers cheques.
Yes, travellers cheques, I'm THAT old! :-)

Eet's jus beezneez, nuttin' personal.

[ummmm]

//This afternoon spokesman for the Blue Lagoon Resort said: “Following yesterdays’ UK Referendum the Greek National Bank delayed its announcement of today’s currency exchange rate between the UK pound and the euro.

“As a result, we posted the attached notice in order to avoid any inconvenience to our guests.

“An hour after this, we received from the Bank the exchange rate and normal operations resumed.”//

It lasted a few hours...