Where to break large bills into small change in Hurghada, Egypt?
Based on 2 discussions with 3 participants · Last activity: 1 day ago
Based on 2 discussions with 3 participants · Last activity: 1 day ago
TL;DR
Easiest way to get small change is to ask your hotel housekeeper — they often want to swap their small bills for your large ones. Hotel ATMs can also break large pound notes into smaller ones, but they don't exchange foreign currency (USD/EUR) into pounds.
For extra hotel services (hookah, cotton candy) vendors are reluctant to accept Egyptian pounds — better to have USD/EUR cash or pay by card.
There's almost nowhere to exchange foreign currency for pounds — only the hotel ATM works, and it mainly breaks large bills into small ones rather than doing direct currency exchange.
No need to hunt for small bills around town — just ask your hotel housekeeper to swap her small pound notes for your large ones, they're often happy to do it.