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Bookmark & shareCredit cards are widely accepted. There's quite a good spread of ATMs but it's always a good idea to carry a sensible amount of cash around with you.
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Currency
- Name
- Euro
- Symbol
- €
Euro notes come in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500. It is often difficult to get change for a €500.00 note.
One euro is divided into 100 cents or centimes. Coins of 1, 2 and 5 centimes are copper-coloured; coins of 10, 20 and 50 centimes are gold-coloured; 1 and 2 euro coins are gold-and-silver coloured.
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Changing Your Money
Most major currencies and brands of travellers cheques are readily accepted in Ireland, but carrying them in pounds sterling has the advantage that in Northern Ireland or Britain you can change them without exchange loss or commission. Banks generally give the best exchange rates, but change bureaus are open longer hours. Many post offices offer currency-exchange facilities and they're open on Saturday mornings.
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Money Tips
Ireland (especially Dublin) is expensive, but costs vary around the country. Assuming you stay at a hostel, eat a light pub lunch and cook your own meal in the evening, you could get by on US$45.00 a day. Once you factor in moving around the country, you'll need to increase your budget a bit. Added extras to account for the awful practice of charging an extra pound or two for a bath and the more pleasurable ruin of standing the assembled company expensive pints of Guinness.
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Sample Price Guide
- litre of milk
- € 0.85
- CD
- € 23.00
- can of soft drink
- € 0.75
- pint of Guinness
- € 4.00
- cup of coffee
- € 2.00
- an umbrella
- € 5.00
- movie ticket
- € 8.50
- litre of petrol
- € 1.00
- souvenir t-shirt
- € 18.00
- street snack (pub sandwich)
- € 3.50
Average Room Prices
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Tipping
Tipping is becoming more common than it once was, but is still not as prevalent as in the USA or the rest of Europe.
If a restaurant adds a service charge (usually 15%) no additional tip is required. If not, most people tip around 10% of the bill for waiting staff and round up taxi fares. For hotel porters €1.00 per bag is acceptable.
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