Payment in Euros to a German bank account

Country of origin plays a big role in the transfer.

You have 2 or 3 costs.

the spread between the cost cost of the euros and the value of the
euros

the cost to generate the transfer

the cost of the transfer

the fees by the receiving bank.

some of these costs may be zero.

find out if the agent' bank has a partner bank in country of origin.

check with your bank, large bank in country of origin, and a
commercial money conversion/transfer company.

If this deposit is only a couple hundred euro, it's not enough to do
much shopping. If it is a couple thousand, then look around.

costs to transfer €5000 should be about 1-2% of transfer, plus
$20-30US.

On 18 Oct 2006 07:06:16 -0700, "JPG on Google cos' Agent's bust"
<j_peasemold_gruntfuttock@m> wrote:

>I am renting a chalet in Bavaria in November. I have been asked to
>deposit a certain sum in Euros into the Chalet agent's bank account and
>I have been given the bank account details. This sum is a deposit for
>the chchalet rental.
>
>Which would be the best way of going about this? Would my own bank be
>able to arrange the transfer?
>
>JPG