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If you want to change pounds to euros you just need to choose pounds in our currency purchase form, tab Sell Currency. Afterwards type in the amount you want to change and select your town so that we can show you the nearest currency exchange branch.
Comparer Devise will show you the results of the different currency providers, ordered from more interesting to less appealing. We will also show you the average rate at french high street banks and at the airports (if they manage).
Normally, when we need to sell pounds to euros in France we only think of banks. Neverthelss we do not have in mind that practically practically all french banks impose on you a a margin on the pounds that you change with them, besides, a fixed fee of 3% (with a minimum of 6 to 10 euros).
This makes the foreign currency exchange less interesting and in most cases it is much more interesting to exchange travel money at a high street currency supplier. These businesses offer the possibility of selling your pounds to euros through collect in store.
As for the airport, it is always the least interesting option as it is much more expensive than the foreign exchange suppliers located out of the airport.
As a rule, we recommend to keep away from any company that imposes on you a fee additionally to an exchange margin, and compare on our website the GBP-EUR exchange rate of the day.
Practically all banks in France impose on you a three per cent commission, with a minimum (whichever is higher) quantity of six to ten €.
Bear in mind that the lower the amount of livres GBPs to change to euros, the more the impact of this fixed commission on your personal finances.
Generally, when you change livres du Royaume-Uni to euros at your bank office, they will already know their clients and you will only have to identify yourself as a client of that entity.
If you change livres du Royaume-Uni to euros at a foreign currency provider´s office, at the airport or on the street, you will need to show an updated and valid identity document (resident´s ID card (carte nationale d´identité) or passport in France). Bear in mind that the driver's ID cannot be accepted as a valid document when changing livres du Royaume-Uni to Euros.
If you need to block the livres GBPs to euro rate for your vacation in France, we advise you to book online on the website of the chosen holiday money supplier.
In addition, in this way you save the possible commissions that some travel money suppliers in France impose on you by changing livres GBPs for euros directly in one of their branches.
In France if you book online on your bank's App or online store, you will still be charged their holiday money fee of around two to three per cent, and you will pay at the exchange prices of the day of collection, not those of the day of the online booking.
In France, travel money providers and some banks are beginning to propose online currency exchange services to their clients when you sell livres du Royaume-Uni to euros online.
You only have to place an online pound sterling to euro reservation. Afterwards choose an office of the supplier where to pick the euros from. And the date you will go to the chosen store.
Bear in mind that rates vary daily so it will be necessary to book online the same day you will head to the store.
Currency exchange is a poorly transparent activity in France.
When you buy or sell livres du Royaume-Uni with euros or livres du Royaume-Uni in exchange for euros at a bank or at the airport, you are paying more.
French banks practically impose on you a commission of 3% on the livres du Royaume-Uni that you pruchase or sell from/to them.
And the currency supplier at the airport imposes on you a very disappointing rate taking advantage of the fact that you passed through there.
Comparing rates in a comparison engine like Comparer Devise that includes 5 currency suppliers in France is the best guarantee to obtain more livres du Royaume-Uni for the same euros.
Calculate from your travel money supplier if your order includes a boy back cover allowance. This means the right to give back a % of the livres GBPs of the initial purchase at no cost.
If you do not qualify for buyback, go to our Sell your currency tab, enter the pound sterling banknotes you have (notes only, not loose coins) and select your city. We will tell you how many Euros the different holiday money providers will offer on the day in your city for your leftover livres GBPs.
There is no worse or better ocasion to sell pounds to euros. All the travel money raise or decline each day based on the other foreign currencies they are compared with.
Therefore, if you are going to sell pounds for euros, the highly advised thing you can do is to do a preceding price comparison on Comparer Devise.
Usually, foreign currency suppliers in France have high limits for a one shot GBP-EUR currency exchange. Or for any other currency ypour wish to change to euros.
These limits are imposed by the Banque de France. They are related to the antimoney laundering norms and Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements.
However, these limits normally range between the equivalent of pounds sterling to 3,000 and 5,900 euros, which is much more than what a traveler needs for their travel expenses.