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fishmarket · Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 17

I want to take some cash with me when I return to the UK.

To change currency:

I could go to a little man in the souk

I could go to one of the exchange 'shops'

I could go to a bank

I could change currency at the airport

I could take KD to the UK and change currency there.

Any advice on which way gives the best rate?

15yearsinQ8 · Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 462 Location: kuwait

i've built up relationships with exchanges in hawalli - the rates are not really all that better than the airport but they throw in some free foreign coins or iraqi bills with saddam's face on it once in a while

forget banks or exchanging in uk

miski · Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 298 Location: Kuwait

Don't take it to UK
My husband thought he was getting a good deal in a 'little exchange shop' and turned out �50 worse off than Gulf bank......
I have just changed some at Gulf bank and got a good rate- but it's going down again. Act fast

sharko · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 29

As, miski said, don't take KDs out of Kuwait. Who would want to pay a reasonable rate for KDs abroad. I've always had a good rate at the airport exchange offices (namely, the one next to the Jazeera Airways counter; I forgot the name). I usually pass by that exchange office on my way to the check-in counter when flying out. By doing so, I avoid the hassle and chaos of Hawalli.