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Travel agent is top for cheap foreign cash
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Yorkshire Post
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June 28, 2008
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A travel agent has been named as the cheapest place to convert
foreign currency, offering consumers better value than banks and the
Post Office, a consumer group said.
Magazine Which? said First Choice offered the best deal for
holidaymakers looking to buy $500, charging a total of Pounds
260.42.
Marks & Spencer came in second place, charging Pounds 260.69 for
the same sum, followed by HSBC at Pounds 261.10.
But at the other end of the scale, Thomas Cook was found to be
the most expensive place to change money, with consumers paying
Pounds 274.73 for $500 - Pounds 14.31 more than First Choice, even
though it also offered commission-free currency.
Fellow travel agent Going Places came second ...