J1 exchanging dollars to euros.

garycreaton · 2014-07-19 05:48:04

I'm on a J1 over here in the US for the summer and was wondering could anyone give me advice on converting the dollars I have earned back into euros, when I get back home. I'm wondering whether Bank of Ireland, AIB or Ulster Bank are the best regarding exchange and commission rates? And whether a cheque or cash is better…

19-07-2014 05:48AM

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garycreaton

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I'm on a J1 over here in the US for the summer and was wondering could anyone give me advice on converting the dollars I have earned back into euros, when I get back home.
I'm wondering whether Bank of Ireland, AIB or Ulster Bank are the best regarding exchange and commission rates?
And whether a cheque or cash is better to convert?

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#2 19-07-2014 05:54AM

Northern Monkey

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If you have it in a bank account something like currency fair could be the best way to go.

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#3 20-07-2014 08:14PM

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Keep it in your Irish bank account then open a US one when you land then use currenyfair to transfer the money from Euros to USD you will save yourself a good chunk of change.

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