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# What kind of Currency use in fiji? Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
laurs 14:33 UTC 11 Jun 2008 | My boyfriend and I are going to Fiji for 2 weeks and we have paid for 7 nights accommodation already. We are coming from the UK. Just wondering if anyone has advice as to what kind of currency to take / travellers cheques. Should we take Fiji dollars? or US dollars? or I have just read somewhere to take sterling? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks |
watsoff 16:33 UTC 11 Jun 2008 | Sterling is acceptable, as are most hard currencies. You're probably better off buying Fiji dollars in Fiji rather than in the UK. | 1
hardnosethehighway 01:34 UTC 12 Jun 2008 | There's a bank open 24/7 in the airport to get you started. | 2
raro 05:48 UTC 12 Jun 2008 | Try to minimize your currency exchanges, you will usually lose 5% or so on each one. If you have sterling, just use that and change at Nadi, as suggested above. Do NOT buy US dollars unless absolutely necessary! By the time you use them they will have eroded even further! (As a Yank I am allowed to disparage my own currency, as I am suffering from its downslide!) | 3