Should I Buy Euros Now or Wait?
Buying Euros before you travel means you'll have cash when you land. You won’t have to worry about finding an ATM, paying card fees, or getting a bad rate.
We want your Euros to go further so we offer competitive Euro rates and will beat competitors within 5 miles with our Exchange Rate Guarantee.
Buying Euros before you travel means you'll have cash when you land. You won’t have to worry about finding an ATM, paying card fees, or getting a bad rate.
We want your Euros to go further so we offer competitive Euro rates, and will beat competitors within 5 miles with our Price Promise.
The Euro (€) was officially adopted on 16th December 1995 in Madrid, but physical coins and banknotes only entered circulation in 2002. Since then, many countries have opted to abandon their original currency in favour of the Euro. Today, it’s the official currency in 19 of the 27 member states. Over 341 million people use it every day, making it the 2nd most widely used currency in the world.
(Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain).
Some non-EU countries also use or widely accept the Euro like Andorra, Monaco, Vatican City, and San Marino.
Many French-speaking African countries secure their currencies against the Euro, including Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Côte D’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.
^At the time of publishing - November 2019.
Euro coins feature an image of the country where they’re minted. Some countries round up to the nearest five cents. Euro coins include:
Euros come printed in different sizes and on colourful paper with different designs dedicated to a period of European architecture. Notes are issued in:
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Stop by our travel money bureau and we’ll buy back your unused travel money. Even if you didn’t buy your travel currency from us, we’ll exchange it back commission free.
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