Changing money.

Mike

I had a similar problem when I arrived here I had pounds sterling to change I ended up having to go to a bank with one of my work colleagues and he did it for me. However you may have noticed that there are no direct flights to Thailand and Saudi Nationals are banned from travelling there. As a result you may not be able to exchange Thai Baht here in Saudi!

Good Luck

Martin

Cheers Martin for your reply. I have also been told about the relations between Thai's and Saudi's. Off to a "souk" today and I am hoping that maybe I will find something there, may have to take a hit on the rate but better than nothing.

Mike

Martin Fin wrote:

Mike

I had a similar problem when I arrived here I had pounds sterling to change I ended up having to go to a bank with one of my work colleagues and he did it for me. However you may have noticed that there are no direct flights to Thailand and Saudi Nationals are banned from travelling there. As a result you may not be able to exchange Thai Baht here in Saudi!

Good Luck

Martin

Martin do you recommend to exchange £ for Riyals in London?

It doesn't make a great deal of diffrence. Just make sure of the rates and what the commission is. I try my best not to change £ Sterling into SAR I prefer to do it the otherway round on a bank transfer.

Changing money here is not too straightforward. Firstly, the only Bureau de Change I've seen was at the airport. Banks won't generally change money for you unless you have an Iqama.

Secondly, from what I've been told, they don't generally hold a great variety of currencies and won't accept currencies beyond the main reserve currencies. My wife had to travel to China and rather than changing money directly into Renminbi, she had to convert her Riyals into US Dollars and take that to China to change.

The alternative is that if you are aware of an airport having a bureau de change that has an online pre-order facility, use that and order it on your bank card/credit card. That way you aren't hit twice.

As for the original question...I have no idea about converting Thai Baht. I would speak with the Thai Embassy consular section for assistance as they might have a better idea of who might be able to change the currency. The alternative is to wait till you are back in Thailand and exchanging the money there for US Dollars and bringing that over here; or just change it directly into Riyals if available.

Why can't Saudis fly to Thailand?
And back on topic can you change Saudi money in the UK easily?

Evening Star

eveningstar wrote:

Why can't Saudis fly to Thailand?
And back on topic can you change Saudi money in the UK easily?

Evening Star

Yes you can change saudi riyals easily in UK, though rates vary alot.