Best Place to Buy Rubles

[Ansett]

Hi everyone

We are off to Russia soon and wondering the best place to obtain Rubles tried Travelex But the computer said NO !!!!! Would appreciate any feed back on this. Should we wait till we get to Russia or buy in Beijing or any other good ideas for locating in Melbourne and hopefully get points too lol

 

[mannej]

Hi everyone

We are off to Russia soon and wondering the best place to obtain Rubles tried Travelex But the computer said NO !!!!! Would appreciate any feed back on this. Should we wait till we get to Russia or buy in Beijing or any other good ideas for locating in Melbourne and hopefully get points too lol

I know this doesn't help but no big loss - Travelex is rubbish.

 

[drron]

In Russia.Change enough at the airport to get to your hotel.Rate for us in Moscow was slightly better in town than at the airport-the bank on the departures floor had a slightly better rate than that on arrivals.Our hotel had exactly the same rate as the banks so was more convenient to change there.

 

[Mal]

This could be an ignorant comment, but from memory roubles are a restricted currency and you can't get them overseas (legally). But of course people do have them around the place.

 

[MTAB]

I couldn't get any Rubles after trying various Australian outlets but I was able to pick them up at Heathrow (Travelex or some such in terminal 5). however Russian hotel rates are reasonable as advised by drron.

 

[Wezza]

I used the first ATM I saw in Moscow. You'll find ATM's (or bankomat as they're called in Russia!) at the airport. I think I got around 31-32 rubles per dollar.

 

[k_sheep]

I just discovered 500 rubles stashed away in one of my hiding spots (oops). So if anyone in Brisbane needs some, I can hook you up!

 

[Katie]

I hit the ATM on arrival in Domodedovo. I only used the ATMs to get cash.

 

[atreides]

In Russia.Change enough at the airport to get to your hotel.Rate for us in Moscow was slightly better in town than at the airport-the bank on the departures floor had a slightly better rate than that on arrivals.Our hotel had exactly the same rate as the banks so was more convenient to change there.

This is good advice for Russia. ATMs are also a good option.