Luang Prabang: Best Currency

[WaldoPepper]

Which is the best one to take to LP: dollars or baht?

[Jingthing]

Dollars. Small one dollar bills are very useful.

[eek]

I dont know if others find this overkill but generally when i go to Laos, I use dollars for big things such as my room rental, baht for food/shopping/everyday use, but have a few small Laos notes for things like the fruit vendor.

[Jingthing]

LP is not Vientiane on the Thai border. On my trip, dollars were what they wanted everywhere, for everything. Kip for small things like transport rides. If you bring in a pile of small US change, you won't regret it. And yes bigger bills to pay for bigger things like hotel rooms.

Edited August 23, 2008 by Jingthing

[wimpy]

I have never had a problem using Thai baht anywhere in LP.

[cheynewalk]

I found thai baht quite convenient. Them and US dollars appear to be the ony currencies you get a "proper" exchange rate for.

[mongoose]

Dollars. Small one dollar bills are very useful.

I too will be going to Laos soon, thanks for the advice. I have a bunch of big one dollar bills, do you know where I could change them to the small one dollar bills you recommend ?

[eek]

Any currency exchange place should do this for you. I went to the section of my bank and they were find about exchanging into 1's and 5's.

[davidgtr]

I too will be going to Laos soon, thanks for the advice. I have a bunch of big one dollar bills, do you know where I could change them to the small one dollar bills you recommend ?

Don't worry about it. Take baht & US in whatever size denomination you like. It's not a problem.

Edited August 24, 2008 by davidgtr

[uptoyoumyfriend]

QUOTE (mongoose @ 2008-08-24 09:44:18) I too will be going to Laos soon, thanks for the advice. I have a bunch of big one dollar bills, do you know where I could change them to the small one dollar bills you recommend ?

i can give you the phone nr of my shrink

[mongoose]

QUOTE (mongoose @ 2008-08-24 09:44:18) I too will be going to Laos soon, thanks for the advice. I have a bunch of big one dollar bills, do you know where I could change them to the small one dollar bills you recommend ?

i can give you the phone nr of my shrink

Thanks for the offer but I will pass. If you want to help, ask Jingthing <deleted> he/she means by "small one dollar bills". Have you ever seen one? How much smaller is it than the normal or big ones?

[Jingthing]

If you wish to make your dollar bills smaller, you can roll them up. Its fun to put a 20 on the outside of the roll and then you look rich! Great way to attract thieves too.