If you want to know how far your British pound will go when visiting another country, currency converters are great tools to use when planning a holiday.
Just as you may have easily booked cheap flights online, you’ll find currency convertors are just as straightforward to use. However, with so many to choose from how can you tell which one will provide you with the most up-to-date information at a click of a button? To help, we’ve listed just some of the best currency converters available.
XE.com
This universal currency convertor claims to be the world’s most popular currency tool. Using the latest currency rates, and in just a few simple steps, the converter tool tells you exactly what you’ll get for your money.
The website is easy to use, all you need to do is type in the value of the currency you want to convert in the amount box, select the source and destination currencies by scrolling through the different countries, and finally, click the ‘Go’ button. The results take a matter of seconds to appear. If you’re planning to change some cash for some holiday spending money, try the currency converter tool yourself by visiting www.xe.com.
fxtop.com
This website is very user-friendly and can give you up-to-date information in no time at all. Using the currency convertor is simple. First, click on your country’s flag from the list on the page; once you have clicked on the correct flag the information on the page will be updated.
The conversion search tool on the page lists 11 countries and has three more search boxes for other currencies not mentioned. You then put the amount you want converted into the English box, press the “click here” button and the system updates the other fields, showing you exactly what the converted amount is for the other listed countries. To use the currency converter, visit www.fxtop.com.
GoCurrency.com
When visiting this website, users are told straight away what the most recent conversion rate is with a table displaying six exchange rates. For more specific information, the page has a currency converter tool on the left side of the page. To start, type in the amount you want converting, select the currency source and destination by scrolling through the various countries and click “convert”. The results not only show you what the most recent conversation rate is, a table also shows you previous conversion rates for the past month. For the latest information, visit www.gocurrency.com.
Oanda.com
This is another simple and easy-to-use multilingual currency converter, which converts more than 160 currencies. After clicking on the FXConverter section of the website, users are led directly to a conversion table where they can type in the amount to be converted, select the exchange unit to convert from and to and then click on the “convert now” button to get the results. All in all, this is a good currency converter website; try it out at www.oanda.com.
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Updated April 2009
