£1.78bn of holiday money 'unspent'

good luck to the ones holding the currency to trade at a better rate, however as gordon brown has fixed this one pound = one euro so he can smoothly switch us to the euro without a national referendum, paving the way for his buddy blair to get the eu presidency, it seems unlikely that the foreign currency will ever rise.

its all down to gordon brown ....and why in this country we have to put up with what we are dealt i dont know.!.... what a mess gordon open your eyes and give up!!!!!! and whilst we are all on our knees "IF THATS NOT ENOUGH " the man carries on collecting revenues any way he can by taxing us all on our last pleasures ...holiday flights ! does he think the public will say "ohwell" lets carry on flying ...people just wont go and he will bring more mess and mysery to the public and companies!!!

Agree with Larry Boy .... Gordon Brown ' The Iron Chancellor ' has bankrupted the country ... hence the decline of the pound . He sold all the gold reserves off too at a fraction of today's value . S simple tax and spend chencellor ... and the biggest boom and bust in living memory . If the boom years were down to him alone as he always said and not the world economy ...he cannot have it both ways now ... it's either all down to him or the boom was not his if you follow ...

with the £ =1 euro why bother changing it back. the £ has lost a third of its vaue thanks to good ole gordon brown ie the iron chancellor,who with blair has ruined this country!

Most people hang on to their leftover currency to use it the following year - saves the hassle of changing it then repurchasing the for the next holiday,I had my credit card cloned in Majorca and £700 ripped from my account, my daughter had a similar thing happen in Tenerife.I believe it is now far safer to take cash abroad than use credit cards in restaurants and foreign atm machines.

It makes sense to take a PrePay Mastercard with you, You load up the card before you go, and can use it almost anywhere in the world. It works the same as a credit card and you have a secure chip and pin. You can pay for good and services and also withdraw money from almost any cash machines, there are also no nasty bills to pay once you are home, and no currency to change back up to sterling.... Get one by visiting www.prepaymastercard.co.uk

It makes sense to take a PrePay Mastercard with you, You load up the car before you go, and can use it almost anywhere in the world. It works the same a s a credit card and you have a secure chip and pin. You can pay for good and services and also withdraw money from almost any cash machines.... Get one by visiting www.prepaymastercard.co.uk

It amazes me that people waste their money this way. They have already bought the currency at an unfavourable rate, and probably paid commission, and when they sell it back it is again at a much worse rate. Far better to use debit or credit cards whenever possible outside the Sterling zone, and keep minimal cash for emergencies and things like taxi fares!