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Val A

06/7/2012 at 3:43pm
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And talking of euros, for those thinking of buying Camping Cheques and loading on to a Gold or Silver card, buy them via the French website, where they are 15 euros, or at today's rate of exchange £11.98.

Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!

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Holidays are for fun, so we don't mind spending a bit-no kids to leave it to, and no mortgage anymore!

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We take tea bags and marmite and then live off the local produce. Why go abroad if you don't want to experience it.

In England the large supermarkets employ variation in product and pricing by region. It is just very few of us wander round different Tescos in a short period to notice

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Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 06/7/2012

We take tea bags and marmite and then live off the local produce. Why go abroad if you don't want to experience it.

In England the large supermarkets employ variation in product and pricing by region. It is just very few of us wander round different Tescos, in a short period, to notice

Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!

CaddyClan

06/7/2012 at 9:30pm
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Blimey who dredged this post up...I was getting more and more confused reading through posts about people stockpiling euros in case they tumble with a hung parliament...and then realised the posts were from 2010!!!

Incidentally the www.xe.com exchange rate is almost 1.26 to the £ today (the rate Halifax Clarity cards use).

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CaddyClan

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Val A

07/7/2012 at 12:07am
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I've been looking at the Exchange rate today too! Each point rise makes a holiday that much more better value!

Have a good time, everyone who's heading off in the next week or two!

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B Chrystie

07/7/2012 at 9:09pm
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We actually discovered ALdi and Lidl while we were in France several years back... and now of course use them at home too.

Meats were a fraction of the supermarket cost especially barbecue type meats like turkey kebabs and sausages. We also found them to be less crowded than some of the supermarkets especially on holiday 'changeover' days when the supermarkets were full of newly arrived tourists who were trying to stock up for the week but did not know their way around!

You can also keeps an eye on their bargains before you go e.g. the French Lidl website: http://www.lidl.fr/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_fr/hs.xsl/index.htm

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