Currency
The British pound and the euro (in France) are the currencies you will
be using on your tour. Better rates of exchange are usually available in
your destination countries rather than in the United States, although
it is worth ordering some currency from your local bank to use when you
first arrive.
We advise that you take a combination of bank/ATM
cards, credit cards and traveler’s checks, which can be exchanged for
cash at local banks, as needed.
We suggest that you inform your
bank and credit card company of your travel plans, so that they won’t
confuse your international purchases for fraudulent charges. Please
note: With the conversion to the euro, it has been increasingly
difficult to exchange traveler’s checks outside of Europe’s major
cities— both at banks and shops—and they often attract higher fees.
