Is it worth Bring Sterling To Tobago

Lynn Nuttall · Post by **Lynn Nuttall** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:42 pm

First time user please forgive in wrong place

Is it worth bring sterling to tobago and exchanging it in the bank in Crown Point.

As I note rate is 11.82 in Central bank but will they charge a commission

Post by **Steve Wooler** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:45 pm

Hi Lynn

Welcome aboard!

No, you're spot on with the forum. Amazing for someone from Manchester

(I'm only joking of course. myTobago actually is housed on a webserver in Manchester, so in a sense that's where my business is based, even if I originate a little further east)

Yes, take your money and change it there - you'll get better rates than over here. There's a small commission, I believe, but not much.

Lynn Nuttall · Post by **Lynn Nuttall** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:51 pm

Thanks for the prompt response, love the site 15 days to go this will be our second visit.

In rainy !! Manchester the site is keeping me going.

We are very friendly here North of the Watford Gap and good canny business people

Marco · Post by **Marco** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:43 pm

The best rate I got before I left was by pre-ordering through travelex.co.uk and collecting at the airport (before you go through security). I paid with a First Direct debit card and they don't charge you a fee, and the money is all ready and waiting for you.

The pre-ordering rate is much better that the "turn up and buy".

When in Tobago, I went to the RBTT cashpoint in Crown Point. Took money out using my Barclays cash point card and got a very good rate of 11.5 TT$ last week.

Current rate on Travelex is 11.36 TT$.

The Tropikist (where I stayed my last 2 nights) charged 8 TT$ for Sterling. That is just a ludicrous and extortionate rate (30% LESS), and the US$ rate was also pretty crummy at 5.3 TT$. They price things in US$, then try charging you in TT. I paid for breakfast in USD's, and the beers in TT's. Confused the hell out of the girls on reception but there's no way I was going to be ripped off!