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first time and taking money

julie matthews

2005-10-10 14:58:07

we usually go to mallorca thought we would give sunny beach a go. I am getting worried though as i have just read you cant order leva from england and take it into their country also you are not allowed to bring any leva back so in other words you have to get it over their we wont be arriving until late when banks are closed is this correct with the money situation. also is sunny beach clean we went to another country for a change last year in may and had terrible weather and thought it was dirty but wont mention which one as dont want to upset anyone. Ive also read about the airport with cases been ripped and things pinched. As anybody got anything good to say as we are going on recomendment of a friend and the apartments are brand new so they should be good thankyou for any replies.

David

2005-10-10 15:00:59

Hi Julie ... you may find answers to your currency concerns in this topic:

http://www.holidaytruths.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=49636

David :wave

Stuart H

2005-10-10 15:14:53

Julie that is not quite correct. I ordered with HSBC online for best rate, it came next day to my home free delivery.

I kept it on me not in luggage, brought back 100 Leva and exchanged it at teh Post Office. I would advise not changing out there as I found people saying they offered rubbish rates.

Stuart

sharonmj

2005-10-10 17:15:57

Julie,

We went to sunny beach in september and despite only a few days sun out of 2 weeks we had a brilliant time. We exchanged our money here with HSBC online and leftovers I changed at the post office on our return and got a better rate than I bought at(think the lady may have made a mistake).

We had no trouble at all with our suitcases at the airport, check in does take a little longer than here.

We found SB clean, beach was lovely, people friendly and we will definately return.

Hope this helps

Sharon

By the way which apt are you staying at?

mondeo

2005-10-10 18:12:43

First time

Hi Julie dont worry about taking money out it used to be the case as Bulgarian Lev like Russian Roubles were a soft currency you could not get them outside the country or exchange them back, however now you have no such problems and can both get and exchange them before you go having said that dont worry about changing money over ther as long as you stick to banks or crown exchange offices. hope this helps

julie matthews

2005-10-10 18:53:34

thankyou for replies we are staying at sun village apartments next may for 2 weeks including school holidays family of 5 for £1.400 they will be just opened then.

Baldur

2005-10-10 19:15:46

Hi Julie,

You can, as others have said, obtain Leva in the UK and can take up to 8,000 Leva (or the equivalent in other currency/travellers cheques) without declaration into or out of Bulgaria.

Full details on the Bulgarian Customs website HERE (about half-way down the page).

rennie

2005-10-10 22:50:59

You can also use your cards over there. There are several ATMs in SB. Don't use the money changers on the streets they will rip you off. You've got till May so I suggest you read as many threads on here as possible. There are seperate threads for Bourgas airport for instance.

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