What to do with left over euros?

[mycatoscar]

What's best to do?

1. Pay into bank as euros
2. take back to thomAs cook to exchange and then pay into bank.

It's about €220 if that makes a difference

Are you planning any future trips or holidays to countries that use euros? We always keep ours for next time. Better than losing with exchange rates every time.
You can only pay in euros into a bank if you have a euro account, otherwise they will change it to sterling using the days rate, and credit your account or give you the cash.

We may gp back to France next year and if it was only €50 I would just keep them but given the amount it would pay nicely for my dd's birthday which is coming up. I will look into exchange rates I think but thanks for info

The way the Euro's going they might make nice papier mache

But that' snot helpful, is it?!

lol not very ...

I just put them in a pot for next year. But that is quite alot of money and I can see you have something you would rather spend it on. Can you go back to the place you got them from, as some do straight forward re-exchanges I believe?

Ask your mates if anyone's going to Europe. Do a straight exchange with them using 'today's' rate. You get sterling, they get commission free Euros. They'd surely spend E220 in say a week!

We always get £500 or more euros at a time from Co-Operative Travel as they give a preferential rate for this amount, so you get more euros for your money.
Beats the banks hands down, even though my DH works for one!
Most places do not charge commission now.
May be worth asking the Post Office what their rate for changing euros to Sterling is. Agree you should shop around for the best rate ( on the same day ) to compare.

I have always found the Post Office rates to be good, they do not charge commission but the rate is not far off that offered by the banks - who DO charge commission as % or minimum charge.
Plus they'll change your 'leftover' money back at a fair rate too.
(Sound like I should get commission myself!)

I was going to suggest the post office too, you just need to keep your receipt to sell them back.