{"id":10557,"date":"2019-10-29T23:16:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T23:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bedazzlemedia.co.uk\/clients\/cyprus\/?p=10557"},"modified":"2020-04-14T17:34:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T17:34:32","slug":"money-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedazzlemedia.co.uk\/clients\/cyprus\/money-in-cyprus.html","title":{"rendered":"Money in Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"

What Money Do They Use in Cyprus?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since January 1st, 2008, Cyprus has adopted the Euro as its official currency. In practice, many merchants take a wide variety of foreign currency. The Cyprus Pound was gradually phased out over the following few years. Northern Cyprus still uses the New Turkish Lira as its official currency. You can check the conversion rates using one of these currency converters. While Northern Cyprus will continue to officially use the Turkish lira, in practice its merchants and hoteliers have been accepting a wide variety of foreign currency for years, and this will continue.<\/p>\n

Starting January 1st, 2008, the Euro will be used in all transactions in Cyprus. Have old Cyprus pounds sitting in a drawer? Now is the best time to convert them.<\/p>\n

The permanent conversion rate for one Cyprus pound into Euros is 0,585274 to one Euro.<\/p>\n

The best way to pay in Cyprus is by cash.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, most of the businesses nowadays accept Visa and Mastercard payments and you won’t have any issues paying with a card too.<\/p>\n

It’s always good to have at least 100 euros handy on you, because sometimes “the card machine won’t be working”<\/em>…<\/p>\n

However, before you travel it’s always worth checking what your bank will charge you for using your card abroad<\/p>\n

There is a great service now available that can solve all your travel money problems.<\/p>\n

This is Transferwise<\/strong><\/a> and it’s widely used in Europe by millions of people.<\/p>\n

So, the best thing you can do is to setup an account with Transferwise<\/a><\/strong> and use their prepaid card when you travel abroad.<\/p>\n

It’s very safe and they have by far the BEST RATES FOR EXCHANGING TRAVEL MONEY.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tipping in Cyprus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tipping is not mandatory in Cyprus and you can certainly leave without tipping at all, but if you receive good service then it’s always nice to leave a tip to show your appreciation for the service received. A 10% tip would be ok and appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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