Sorry, to resurrect this thread so late but i'm going over to the UK Thursday.
To Clubman,
I have no clue mate, what kind of forex margin i'll be paying. I'm thinkin of just withdrawing it directly from my AIB account. If the spot rate is 0.80 on the day i'll i probably get somewhere in the order of 0.785 from AIB plus whatever commission they attach.
I'm interested in the pre-lodging thing. How exactly would that work?
Also given the turnaround time do you think this is feasible?
I know i'd save a few hundred with currency.ie but with the time factor i don't think its possible. I'll probably be bringing £11K gbp!!! I know it seems really foolish plus if i get stopped in the airport with that kinda cash it would be a bit of a nightmare i'd say.
If anyone has others suggesstions i'd really appreciate it.
Thanks in Advance