zloty or Euro

I plan on bringing currency to Poland. What's better and easier to use, the Zloty or the Euro?

Thanks

In Poland - zloty of course. There are many places that will gladly accept Euros, but the exchange rate will always be against you so it's better to use your own Zlotys.

what is it with americans?

hahahaha, yeah i no, poland hasn't moved to the euro yet

The thing with Americans is that many of us don't go beyond our own borders because there is so many different places to see in our own country (different landscapes, terrains and yes, even cultures).....Many Europeans have been to many different countries because they are all clustered together over there. I think RP had a valid question for someone who has never been there (assuming he has never been to Europe.)

is that they have no fear of showing their ignorance, which is why the rest of the world thinks they are stupid

one of them once told me that in america they say there is no such thing as a silly question

so i explanined that in england...

if you ask a silly question you get a silly answer

and if you ask a stupid question youll quickly be told youre an idiot

we also say in england...

when in rome, do as the romans

which is why i tend to drive like a tosser when im in poland

Polish driving - my experience

The road from Warsaw to Poznan is the nearest thing to Mad Max since well...... Mad Max

What amazes me is how Americans are always accused of being egotistic and arrogant when those titles more likely describe the Europeans....

fek, the road from gdansk to tczew is not for the faint hearted or inexperienced driver

its getting to the stage when everytime i leave the city i see a crashed vehicle by the side which no one got out alive from...


no sweetheart, americans are always accused of being stupid

And with that statement, you just proved my point!

theres nothing arrogant or egotistical about pointing out someone elses stupidity - its just a statement of fact

Whatever.....the person pointing out someone else's stupidity is under the assumption they are right thereby going by way of their own ego......maybe people (countries) should be more concerned about themselves and not so quick to put others down....the world would be a much better place, IMHO.

well thats ironic coming from an american

Once again you proved my point.....Americans don't put other countries down....we just try to control them :P

whatever

Uhha.....that's what I thought.....;)

Well, for one thing, we are the number one spender in the world:


http://www.photius.com/rankings/economy/budget_expenditures_2007_0.htm l. A country with all that money to spend can't be all dumb and stupid. Stupidity exists every where even in Poland:




Your zloty will work better since you won't need to go to a kantor to exchange the currency. Credit cards also work for major retailers, but watch out for the added fees that you get from your card company.

why is it always about quantity not quality with americans?

Quality is subjective and relative to one's perspective. Your idea of a high quality wine maybe dirt poor to others. :)


Have you been drinking?

Not everyone has debts. In regards to our currency, it is not becoming worthless. A weaker dollar value against other currencies will allow other countries to buy more American goods. This in turn will boost the American economy, and in time, the American dollar will be worth more than others. This is really just a cycle that happens from time to time.

See this data: dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/cy_m4.asp?Fl=x&Phase=HTS2&cc=4550&cn=%2D%2DPoland

These numbers will increase by next year since the Polish zloty has increased in purchasing power compared to the American dollar.

nope just telling it how it is

Good! :-) Many Americans may not like your opinion, but we'll defend your right to say it.

Thanks Hello, zloty it will be.

it really depends on the exchange rates in US and Poland, you may be better off bringing all your cash in US dollars and exchanging it here at a "kantor" (just not in the airport or other places that use to prey on tourists)

Very true. Airports and tourist areas have lower exchange rates. In the Zakopane area, we drove around until we found a LeClerce (spelling?) away from the main tourist spot. Their exchange rates were more favorable than others.

To put it in perspective, the rate around the first week of August '07 was around 1 USD = 2.78. PLN on average. At Warsaw's airport, they were offering 1 USD = 2.54 PLN at the passport check counter. In the main airport lobby, where taxi drivers greet you, the exchange rate was even lower at 1 USD = 2.45 PLN. At the LeClerce store in the Zakopane area, we got it for 1 USD = 2.71 PLN. At Krakow, it was around 1 USD = 2.65 PLN.

just a hint, you know you can pay 3-4 times more, for driving from Okęcie airport to the city centre, if you accept their "offer", it's always better to call a "radio taxi" (usually 4-digits phone numbers)

Online, I've found rates as low as 2.45PLN per USD, and as high as 2.65 PLN per USD. I assume no one gets 2.8?

Unless you are exchanging currency with your best friend in Poland, then most likely you're not going to get the exact going rate. The money changers have to make their money somehow. Credit cards are especially notorious since they add an additional 2% or so conversion fees.

One time, I placed an order online to be delivered to Poland from the UK. The final price was around 45 GBP (British pounds). With that time range's current exchange rate, the value never went higher than 1 GBP = 2.039 USD. But somehow the charge on my American Express in USD translated to an exchange rate of 1 GBP = 2.065 USD.


I'll have to keep this in mind next time. I'm not familiar with "radio taxis", but hopefully, my friend's will offer a free ride the next time I visit.

Just out of curiosity, do you mean I can just punch in four numbers on my cell phone to connect to a radio taxi?

Caveat Emptor!

you should find the "radio taxis" number advertised somewhere online, before coming to Poland, or maybe even at the airport, 'm not sure about cell phones, but from a land line you just use 4 numbers instead of 10, normal numbers in Warsaw are like this (0-22) 1234567, while radio taxi may have a following style phone number: 9494 or 9559 (probably even without the (0-22) for Warsaw, but not sure)


you better check National Bank of Poland site before buying, today's rates are

dolar amerykański 1 USD buys at 2,8198 sells at 2,8768 - any good "kantor" should have similar prices (or even better for the client), but there's been some fluctuations on the international stock markets recently, so I guess currencies exchange rates change a lot every day, (4 weeks ago the price was 2,7286 (buys) / 2,7838 (sells))

nbp.gov.pl/Kursy/KursyC.html

Hello everybody;
i am glad to see that some people payed some attention to my comments.
i am a bit concern though, it seems to me that polish culture is strong and stubborn enough...it's been tested for centuries..still survived many attempts to

obliterate it...

You see every economy..., according to the different models applied in macroeconomics has two legs fiscal and monetary policies...this two legs support the whole of the body of an economy...

Giving up one , means nothing but chopping up one and trying to keep on walking with the one left...who in his/her brains would even think of doing that..

and that is exactly what they are trying to do to poland....look at denmark, sweden norway...these countries were pushed into the european idea ...bravely they told the giants in brussels to stick that amorfous project up their arses..

They still don't like the EU...but unfortunately for them , everybody else seems to be buying into it.

Giving up your zlotych will mean giving up a possibility to run your own land...allowing some guy in the central european bank, who doesn't even speak polish to please some corrupt politician and hungry bankers they previously bribed anyway to get rich through the debts you will be enticed to sign...

peace brothers