Hi all just picked up my tickets for golden sands on 7th june and the thomson in store advisor said not to change any money in bulgaria at all, even at the banks, this is the scary bit - he said there all run by the mafia!
he said he was a rep there until recently and to trust no one and that includes the banks.
should i worry
We changed our money at the hotel as the rate is the same as the banks.
Took a few levs for our first night then took the rest in sterling to change in bulgaria - golden sands.
perhaps your thompson agent has a sideline in bulgarian leva last year we stayed in the victoria palace and the word on the street was that it was owned by the local mafia but they didn't bother anyone.