Ian33568
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Strong EuroAny downsizers abroad feeling the pinch with the strong euro - weak pound?.........pensions, allowances, transfers from UK etc?
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Contadino
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Not really, although the wife's heading back to the UK this week for a visit and is bracing herself for paying so much more for everything.
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Nick
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Feeling it in the UK, if that helps?
Work for a German company (so they hold our purse strings) and the US and UK are two of their biggest markets.
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boisdevie1
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Swings and roundabouts surely? OK, the pound/euro rate may change but life in Spain or France is cheaper than the UK so we win?
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Cho-ku-ri
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Did you notice hardly any European tourists last year? Local hotels have had it bad for the last few years up here.
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RichardW
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| Cho-ku-ri wrote: | | Did you notice hardly any European tourists last year? Local hotels have had it bad for the last few years up here. |
Thought that was due to the weather conditions.
Justme
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Nick
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| Cho-ku-ri wrote: | | Did you notice hardly any European tourists last year? Local hotels have had it bad for the last few years up here. |
Did you notice the weather last year? Flooding in July was world news. I wouldn't have come here. On the flip side, I hear the slopes are already open and looking at their best year ever.
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Cho-ku-ri
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It was wet throughout a lot of Europe, and they didn't know before hand anyway. The £ has been strong for a good few years and tourists have not come for ages. When last did you see a Yank outside Londonshire?
The slopes are seemly top notch for Scotland, but would a Englishman travel up to ski on our snow, or tavel to France for powder snow and cheap booze? I know tha answer, The strong pound works in our favour when abroad.
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Nick
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| Cho-ku-ri wrote: | | It was wet throughout a lot of Europe, and they didn't know beforehand anyway. The £ has been strong for a good few years and tourists have not come for ages. When last did you see a Yank outside Londonshire? |
Oh, true enough. Why would you come here, expensive, covered in CCTV cameras, blocked roads, poor food, poor weather and a target for terrorists, when you can go somewhere hot, dry, with nicer beaches and cheap lager for less money?
I can't blame people.
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judith
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As over half my income comes from the Euro zone, I am starting to feel the benefit after several very flat years.
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Ian33568
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The hotels in Asturias only had 64% occupancy last season so it has not been a good year here for tourism. Think we are seeing the first effects of too much borrowing, debt and credit.
I cannot think that the euro will hold up for much longer as the problems in Europe are not dissimilar to the UK or States.
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Behemoth
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| Cho-ku-ri wrote: |
The slopes are seemly top notch for Scotland, but would a Englishman travel up to ski on our snow, or tavel to France for powder snow and cheap booze? I know tha answer, The strong pound works in our favour when abroad. |
Yes. I know a few who have.
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Nick
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ON the French slopes the beer and food is just as expensive as here, if not more so. £8 for a coke last year. I nearly had my butler complain!
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Windymiller
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I'm just hoping that the exchange rate will be favourable when I plan my Scandinavian loghouse project.
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Nick
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| Windymiller wrote: | | I'm just hoping that the exchange rate will be favourable when I plan my Scandinavian loghouse project. |
Me too! Are they sending us a moose in return?
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Andy B
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Well the books i order from germany and Ireland are going to cost my customers more.
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Windymiller
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| Nick wrote: | | Windymiller wrote: | | I'm just hoping that the exchange rate will be favourable when I plan my Scandinavian loghouse project. |
Me too! Are they sending us a moose in return? |
Don't want a moose, there's no room in the freezer for anything else. I just want a house.
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Nick
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No, I was thinking the UK would get a moose when we send you over there to the fjords.
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Windymiller
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I didn't realise that you didn't want me here. 
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