With the euro riding high, holidaymakers face soaring costs this summer. But you can save valuable cash by getting the best currency deals before you leave these shores Head to high street bureau Eurochange if you want the best value on foreign currency exchange before setting off on holiday this summer. Never leave it until the last minute and don’t swap sterling for euros at British airport bureaux de change – they nearly always offer the worst deals. This week Guardian Money asked all the major high-street providers how much it would cost to buy €500 before heading off to the beach this year. At Eurochange – which has a network of 64 bureaux across the UK – we were told it would cost just over £435. But had we popped into the Post Office on the same day, we would have been charged £457 – an extraordinary £22 more. It’s even worse if you leave it until you get to the likes of Heathrow airport. There, we found that Travelex wanted £467 for €500 – leaving us £32 out of pocket compared with Eurochange

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