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Post by linnie44 on Aug 15, 2016 19:23:51 GMT 2
Afternoon from sunny northumberland , i have had reports that there has been an increase on alchol eg fix ect , is the correct or is someone over reacting, thanks for any information ,2 weeks untill we are back
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Post by janiemou on Aug 15, 2016 21:40:00 GMT 2
Afternoon from sunny northumberland , i have had reports that there has been an increase on alchol eg fix ect , is the correct or is someone over reacting, thanks for any information ,2 weeks untill we are back Yes there has been a VAT increase of 1%, which is only 1.5 cents on a €2 bottle of beer. So yes, there has been a few cents added, but only a few cents. What should be of more concern to you is the drop in the euro rate, caused by the brexit vote, which does mean your spending money doesn't go as far as it did last year. £100 would have got you about €135 last year, now it will be about €113! Calculate how much more you need to bring to give yourself by working out many euros you need not pounds.
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Post by linnie44 on Aug 16, 2016 18:08:15 GMT 2
Thanks , we were lucky enough to get our euros at christmas when the rate was 1.36 , it was more luck than jugment as we had a holiday in april and didnt use any of the euros we changed Thanks for the information
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Post by redwalks on Aug 23, 2016 12:26:06 GMT 2
Sadly Janiemou some families are on a tight budget, which means the amount of pounds they exchange is limited and subsequently a family's euro budget will be based on how much they can get for their fixed pounds budget (not the other way around).
My concern, based on the much decreased rate, is that families will still exchange the same value of pounds and it will be the Greek business owners that suffer (e.g. people have less drinks in bars and more on balconies). I know that the rate has fallen around 16 cents post referendum, which would equate to having around 160 euros less on a £1,000 budget.
Let's hope the local businesses don't suffer too much!
Antony
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Post by janiemou on Aug 25, 2016 11:01:05 GMT 2
Sadly Janiemou some families are on a tight budget, which means the amount of pounds they exchange is limited and subsequently a family's euro budget will be based on how much they can get for their fixed pounds budget (not the other way around). My concern, based on the much decreased rate, is that families will still exchange the same value of pounds and it will be the Greek business owners that suffer (e.g. people have less drinks in bars and more on balconies). I know that the rate has fallen around 16 cents post referendum, which would equate to having around 160 euros less on a £1,000 budget. Let's hope the local businesses don't suffer too much! Antony For many years when I came here with my family, I,too, had only a limited amount of money for spending money and always budgeted accordingly. Breakfast and lunch being prepared in the apartment and eating out in evening for maybe half the nights. Yes, you can eat here cheaply, but maybe not too healthily (egg and chips around €3.80, or healthier 1/4 chicken, chips and salad from the grill room at €4.50 and our drink prices are amongst the cheapest on the island. Yes it is the businesses that suffer with the poor pound to euro exchange rate, but we do have many continental visitors some of whom will fill the gap. We walked home last night near midnight and some places still had customers, some a lot more than others, and restaurants with one or two diners still finishing off. On holiday budgets my thinking was to get a cheap holiday with better weather than the UK, so it was always early season and on a tight budget. OK it was many years ago but one self drive trip to Spain I budgeted around £5 a day for everything for four of us. My husband had lost his job, then been offered a training place. I didn't want the children to miss out. They still tell me it was one of the best holidays they ever had and is always remembered fondly. I have never been in the position of having £1000 available to spend in the resort, but we always had great holidays here.
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Post by davidandpaula2012 on Aug 26, 2016 19:46:07 GMT 2
We were bed and breakfast 3 weeks Roda is now better off by
2152 euros took
£220 changed in resort got 248 roughly
Therefore 2400 euros spent ha
What a time though.
PS didn't do any trips
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Post by davidandpaula2012 on Aug 26, 2016 20:13:39 GMT 2
The prices were really the same everywhere
I pint and 1 wine 5.50 euros.
1 pint and gin and tonic 7.50 works
Cocktail's and there was definitely a demand for those much greater than i saw on previous years were 5 euros Harbour bar full at times of cocktail drinking people all nationalities.
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Post by smg on Aug 27, 2016 11:19:24 GMT 2
We regularly go in the Harbour bar before 7 30 and noticed that it was much busier at this time this year. many of the customers were drinking cocktails which at 3 euros 50 were excellent value.
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Post by davidandpaula2012 on Aug 27, 2016 12:14:09 GMT 2
Yes much busier ran out of sparklers one night ha
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Post by davidandpaula2012 on Aug 27, 2016 12:35:47 GMT 2
I always have a number 17 on the cocktail list after the mythos. Brandy sour puts you right ha .
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Post by janiemou on Aug 28, 2016 9:51:24 GMT 2
I always have a number 17 on the cocktail list after the mythos. Brandy sour puts you right ha . Oh Brandy Sour, that is a blast from my mis-spent youth. Indulged last night in another from that era, a brandy alexander .. delicious. Next one to try a grasshopper. Jan
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