wtb pounds or euros for fall travel

Hi. I live in Calgary, and I am looking to buy pounds or euros for
cheap. If anyone can help, let me know.

Also, any travel advice as to travelling on a budget or on the cheap -
I am going to england then paris and then back to canada. Airfare and
accomm is already taken care of. I have budgeted for about $100 cdn a
day and want to see the basic tourist things in paris. The england part
I'm not too worried about - staying with family. I have heard Paris
is expensive though. Would I be ok with $100 cdn per day?

"charlo" <rtodd95@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:1123913697.782508.221880@g14g2000cwa. o...
> Hi. I live in Calgary, and I am looking to buy pounds or euros for
> cheap. If anyone can help, let me know.

There are lots of people in Nigeria who can help you with that.

> Also, any travel advice as to travelling on a budget or on the cheap -
> I am going to england then paris and then back to canada. Airfare and
> accomm is already taken care of. I have budgeted for about $100 cdn a
> day and want to see the basic tourist things in paris. The england part
> I'm not too worried about - staying with family. I have heard Paris
> is expensive though. Would I be ok with $100 cdn per day?

If you are planning on McDonalds being the culinary highlight of your day,
and not doing a lot of sightseeing at places which charge an admission fee
then you should just about get by. One Hundred Can$ is about Euro ?65.

JohnT

you COULD get by, but you'd have to watch every 10-centime piece! You can
easily spend a 100 euros just on a low-mid range hotel. However there are
hostels and such and budget hotels. Food can be fairly inexpensive, even in
restaurants, but you'd be eating most meals in a park. Picnics are fine, if
the weather cooperates.

"charlo" <rtodd95@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:1123913697.782508.221880@g14g2000cwa. o...
> Hi. I live in Calgary, and I am looking to buy pounds or euros for
> cheap. If anyone can help, let me know.
>
> Also, any travel advice as to travelling on a budget or on the cheap -
> I am going to england then paris and then back to canada. Airfare and
> accomm is already taken care of. I have budgeted for about $100 cdn a
> day and want to see the basic tourist things in paris. The england part
> I'm not too worried about - staying with family. I have heard Paris
> is expensive though. Would I be ok with $100 cdn per day?
>

No problem if you stay in a hostel with a kitchen and shop at the local
Champion supermarket.

Tim K

"charlo" <rtodd95@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:1123913697.782508.221880@g14g2000cwa. o...
> Hi. I live in Calgary, and I am looking to buy pounds or euros for
> cheap. If anyone can help, let me know.
>
> Also, any travel advice as to travelling on a budget or on the cheap -
> I am going to england then paris and then back to canada. Airfare and
> accomm is already taken care of. I have budgeted for about $100 cdn a
> day and want to see the basic tourist things in paris. The england
part
> I'm not too worried about - staying with family. I have heard Paris
> is expensive though. Would I be ok with $100 cdn per day?
>

"Hi. I live in Calgary, and I am looking to buy pounds or euros for
cheap. If anyone can help, let me know."

There is no way to get those currencies for less than the exchange
rate, and anyone who suggests that there is is probably trying to scam
you.

Don't buy foreign currency in advance, since you would have to pay a
high commission to get foreign currency in Canada (and then a high
commission to change back whatever you didn't spend). You also don't
want to carry loads of cash on you in case you are pickpocketed. Just
use your ATM card as you are going around Europe and you will get the
local currencies in reasonable quantities at the best exchange rates
with a minimal commission.

"Also, any travel advice as to travelling on a budget or on the cheap -
I am going to england then paris and then back to canada. Airfare and
accomm is already taken care of. I have budgeted for about $100 cdn a
day and want to see the basic tourist things in paris. The england part
I'm not too worried about - staying with family. I have heard Paris
is expensive though. Would I be ok with $100 cdn per day?"

If you've already paid for airfare and accomodation and intercity
transport, 100 cdn is more than enough. If that doesn't include
accomodation and transport, then it's doable on 100 cdn per day, but
you would have to take buses between cities, sleep in hostels rather
than hotels, and eat cheap food rather than in real restaurants.