I take a load of sterling and hide it imaginatively!

Unless your have a bank account in India and can transfer money cheaply, you will be better off going for taking cash and hiring a safety deposit box

Unless your have a bank account in India and can transfer money cheaply,

Anyone tried to open an account in one of the Indian banks with branches over here?

We have an account with ICICI in the UK but it is totally separate to any Indian accounts you might have also it is cheaper to transfer money by using their free "money2india" service which can be to almost any bank in India and you get very good exchange rates

i just use my atm card never had a problem

I always take cash and stick it in the Safety Deposit Box.

Biggest problem is exchanging £50 at the local money exchange is that you end up with a massive wad of Rupees!!

Still, closest I'll ever get to feeling like a Millionaire!!

We opened an indian bank account, quite an experience in itself!!!!

Firstly allow a fair amount of time and you will need a local to recommend you (that's what we had to do it may be different for different banks)

You say you wish to open a Bank account, you are then inited to go and see the bank manager who yells at the junior to go and get him form, he takes your normal details and those of the local then tells you that you need to have to get passport size photographs (I think two of) leave the bank then go and get the photographs, Faf around while they are printed out then take these back to the bank manager he stamps the forms, yells at a junior to get him collect the forms and then we were inforned that we would have to return between 2-3 days for the pass book

Duly return go back into the managers office, he shouts at the junior to get the pass book, we ask him about transferring money into the new indian account, he said "I will get you internet details" we are handed the book, and he says "Is there anything else?" we reply "no Thanks"...10 minutes pass .....the bank manager asks "Is there anything else?" we reply "no Thanks"...10 minutes pass ...."Is there anything else?" we reply "no Thanks"...10 minutes pass I look at Honeybee..he looks at me (bit like in the headmasters office )..."Is there anything else?" we reply "no Thanks" ....10 minutes pass bank manager asks "Is there anything else?" ...... "We're still waiting for the internet details" ....."Oh" he says....then shouts at the junior!!!

Only In India !!!!