Turkish Lira Exchange Rate - Local Prices

[barney15c]

It seems with the Turkish Lira dropping like a stone (over 8 lira currently), lots of people are booking up Turkish holidays to take advantage. Is there any anecdotal evidence from anyone who has been their recently if the Holiday resorts / traders are hiking up their prices because of this and negating the favourable exchange rate?

[Zacs-Master]

I doubt it. They'd have to change all the Menus in restaurants etc. Drinks.....maybe so, by a percentage.
I hope not anyway.....off there in a few weeks.

[Buenchico]

This website is usually fully up-to-date (within a few days or so) for local prices:
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Turkey
(Change the currency to 'GBP' to save you needing to reach for your calculator).

[barney15c]

Hope you got your Lira now Zacs, what goes up will come down :)
Thanks for the link Buenchino, very interesting.

[Peter Pedant]

// .maybe so, by a percentage. //

yeah like 30%

fallen 45% since the turn of the year - 20-30% over the last few days

I said to one neighbour - oh your property in Lindos has suddently become cheaper !
and he bared his teeth at me ....

[barney15c]

2014 i think i was getting 3 lira to the pound!!

[Peter Pedant]

hey yeah I thought of this over lunch time

say toora-loora to the Turkish Lira boys and gurlz !

[webbo3]

8.81 at the moment
https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=GBP&To=TRY

[Gizmonster]

//// I said to one neighbour - oh your property in Lindos has suddently become cheaper ! ////

Lindos is Greece innit - or at least it was the last time I went to Rhodes :)

[Zacs-Master]

We got £400 worth barney at 7.1 but it just keeps dropping!

[sunny-dave]

It'll go the way of Iceland - where the corrupt robbers followed the lead of their execrable government and welshed on any debts - then merely re-priced everything in ££ $$ €€ and wouldn't even take the local currency from tourists until they'd worked out a new conversion rate to continue the big steal.

[Zacs-Master]

Off to change my TLira into $..............

[-Talbot-]

If you go to Turkey often it might be worth buying billions.

[roslyn251254]

Doesn't look like anyone is selling any at the moment...??