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CompareHolidayMoney.com has teamed up with TheBestTravelled.com to bring you a new fantastic opportunity to Win Free Airline Tickets!

So…..who is TheBestTravelled.com?

TheBestTravelled.com was launched in 2012 to enable travellers to log where they have been in the world in a great digital mapping concept.

It is a simple, but useful digital mapping system which enables you to run an online profile and to map where you have been on the world map. You can also network with other travellers, share your stories and make new friends.

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Here at CompareHolidayMoney we are passionate about building relationships with UK Travel Bloggers and we want to know what you are doing on your travels, where you go and what you get up to.

If you are a professional uk travel blogger or just an amateur writer with your own travel blog we would like to hear from you.

We love travel and we want to share everyone’s best experiences here on our blog. We want to know where you stayed, where you ate, what attractions you visited and whether you would recommend your holiday to anyone else.  Read more... (228 words, 2 images, estimated 55 secs reading time)

For just 72 hours from 8am on Saturday 18^th May to 8am Tuesday 21^st you can get better rates on a selection of currencies when you order online via the Post Office Travel Money.

Special rates will be available on popular currencies for Travel Money including Euro, US Dollar, Swiss Franc, Turkish Lira and Czech Koruna. Plus, the more money you buy, the better the rate you’ll receive and you’ll get free delivery to either your home or nearest branch.

To order simply visit the Post Office website, select your currency and the amount to order:  Read more... (201 words, 1 image, estimated 48 secs reading time)

Who has the best exchange rates? I obviously cannot give you a ‘one company’ answer to this question. It is all to do with how has the best exchange rate at the particular time you want to place your order because they all change and they are all competing against each other. In broad strokes I would say the smaller onlne only bureau de change have the best exchange rates because they have the lowest exchange expenses and they do not have branches to look after. All they do is online currency sales so they are very competitive.

What is the best way for a tourist to handle money in Japan? Because the exchange rate for the Pound to the Japanese Yen is about 126 Yen to the Pound you can end up dealing with some very large numbers very quickly. A £500 budget for your holiday will give you over sixty three thousand yen to play with! So unless you like counting out large numbers of notes you are probably best off with a pre-paid currency card. Japan is a very high tech place, especially Tokyo which for many people is the main draw. Using a currency card in Japan will be no problem and most places will accept a card. So I would say the best way to carry your travel money and get the best Yes exchange rates is going to be a currency card.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rates - The Key to Getting the Best Deals

According to a report from Halifax from 2009, there were, perhaps surprising, a number of Brits looking to buy property abroad at what turned out to be the height of the banking crisis and one year in to the unending double dip recession. We have noticed more recently that wealthy individuals are starting to buy up assets suggesting that they are expecting firstly that prices are not going to drop any further and that prices may start to rise again soon. I said this in January and still think it is true. Since then the government has announced measures intended to promote the housing and building industries which may help bring about that increase in house values. The problems in Greece, Cyprus and even Spain and Ireland may have lead to people trying to dispose of second homes, suppressing prices. If you are looking to buy abroad you should do careful research in order to ensure that they get the very best foreign currency exchange rates. What you can save between different suppliers can make a huge difference when you are dealing with sums big enough to buy a house or apartment.  Read more... (523 words, 1 image, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

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Newquay joins the Airport Parking Rip Off bandwagon

Yet another airport joins the parking rip off bandwagon and has scrapped free drop off and pickup parking. This time it is Newquay Airport and they have introduced a minimum charge of £1 for just 30 minutes and going upwards from there until they hit £13 a day. These charges came into effect on April the 1^st but this is no joke and isn’t funny.  Read more... (277 words, 1 image, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)

This week the best Euro exchange rates hit 1.17 to the pound for the first time since January. This was a welcome bonus for people going away for the school holidays this Easter. As the rates improved we saw a big spike in the amount of money being compared through the site and many of the currency suppliers have reported bumper sales this week. It such a minor increase in value for money can lead to such a surge it really is worth your while taking another look at a pre-paid currency card.  Read more... (368 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)