Pay for holiday on CC with € or £ ?

[HMC]

In January I will pay the balance of a holiday to a UK company. I paid the small deposit in sterling for expediency's sake but wonder how to settle the remainder : EUR or GBP?

Thanks,
HMC

 

[gipimann]

The credit card company usually gives more favourable £ to € exchange rates, so I'd ask the travel firm to charge your card in Sterling.

 

[callybags]

Just beware that they do not charge extra for payment by credit card.

I booked with a travel agent a couple of years ago and was charged 2% which I eventually got refunded, but after a lot of grief.

 

[redchariot]

In my experience, when you buy online and they offer the cost in Euro it works out more expensive than if you pay in the local currency of the website.

For example, I was buying an item from a well renown website in the UK and the cost was £96 and they were offering it to me for €117; when I paid in sterling and I checked my statement a few days later it was €112.