By contrast, if you exchange money in a high street bank, you will pay 3% to 4% on the rate of exchange.

Convert any world currency using live mid-market currency rates, so that you can see whether you're getting ripped off when you exchange money at the airport.

These recommend that sellers take a friend with them when meeting prospective buyers to exchange money, and to do so at a public location, such as a coffee shop.

The inhabitants of the neighborhood would exchange money there.

Personal finance experts are advising holidaymakers to shop around before buying currency and avoid exchanging money at airports, where exchange rates are notoriously poor.