Dear Marie We are all looking forward to coming to Prague this year and may we thank you for your local information and advice.
One area that appears to have been overlooked is coordinating the members who are intending to camp near Prague. At Lunt in Sweden, there was just the one campsite and I think those attending and using the site all agreed that meeting outside the Convention added to the experience. For Nottingham, the organisers asked Sheila and I to pick a suitable site within easy reach of the Convention. This we did and although there were less camping visitors than anticipated, I'm sure they will remember meeting new friends with pleasure. With regard to Prague, there seems to be no shortage of sites in the district but we wonder with your local knowledge and experience you could advise. We need to chose a site with easy car access to the Convention and public transport to the centre of town. We are looking forward to our visit this summer. Sheila and Russell Perrin > 1) Euro > As Tamara said - Euro is far, far away for us... You have to live with Czech > crowns. The problem is - try to spend all you have in crowns, because > changing back is only in Czech republic possible. > 2) Getting cash, paying > In almost every village now you have an ATM - certainly in every small town. > If you know the town, you can try Mastercard ATM locator > http://www.mastercard.com/atmlocator/index.jsp or Visa ATM locator > http://visaatm.infonow.net/bin/findNow?CLIENT_ID=VISA > But especially in Prague you need only look for the word BANKOMAT and you > cannot miss it. > Again - almost everywhere you can pay with Visa or Mastercard. In Prague > with no problems at all, generally with no problem at any gas station, in a > hotel, in most shops. In the shops, look if they have a logo at their door. > Often, at least one of the check-out counters takes cards. And be aware - > sometimes you need your PIN number for paying with card - not only for > drawing out money. Oh, and ATMs have only numbers here. On the other side - > ATMs will "speak" English to you. > There is another possibility for emergencies, if expensive - if a bank has > no ATM or ATM isn't working, they offer cash-advance. This means you can > draw out money at a tellers window. > All in all - I wouldn't bother getting Czech crowns untill I am in Czech > republic. And travellers check could be a small problem - they are not as > common here, you need find a bank and exchange them for cash. > In my opinion, the best possibility would be small amount cash in USD, > EURO - so you have some on you. It is no problem to exchange, sometimes even > pay in those currencies. And as soon as you get by an ATM, draw out some > money for petty charges. You will need cash for museum fees, most gift or > craft shops. And take my advice - learn your PIN as numbers. This can be a > nasty surprise, I have once blocked both my international cards on a > day-trip in Germany. > Marie > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
