Where to Change Money in Prague? Easy & Safe + Map (2024 Update)
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- Map with all the good honest exchange places in Prague: honest.blog/ho...
Keep in mind - always look at "we buy" rate. If you're unhappy with the transaction, you have 3 hours to get your money back (always keep the receipt!). Also - you can pay with your card almost anywhere!!!
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Janek for mayor!
@@Plainejan super
Well I never planned to go to czeck Republic, but after his video, the country is defo a no-no.
@@sarahbasto6520 lol you won’t be missed
@3:04 I love how he walks in and politely greets them before proceeding to explain the scam in front of the camera :D
Yeah, I don't know if you've watched the older videos, but it used to get a lot worse than that. Even physical sometimes. And it was a bit painful to watch 😁 But great of course.
1:05 Janek, you literally made this exchange place iconic. When I think of a place in Prague where I can get Czech crowns, I think of this exact spot immediately. They should be grateful for your job - of course they gained our trust with perfect exchange rates, but thanks to YOU tourists from all over the world know this exchange place, and I think it's beautiful
Hi, is your website broken? everything I press leads me back to the homepage without success.
Crazy. I came here cause I had the same problem :/
I ended up using any old cash machine and took the loss. Think it cost me a few bucks but oh well. On holiday so enjoy yourself.
I really admire your courage in going after the scammers. They exist in every country and culture. Is your background in journalism? You strike me as a terrific investigative journalist. Well done and thank you!
I went through a similar situation of getting a bad rate but I knew about the 3h law and got may money back thanks to the honest guides. Cheers for that.
I've just been to prague, and used some of your tips. Thank you for honest exchange rates and a tram ride (the tourist line no 42) using the points. I love you city and your channel!
I have actualy been waiting for this one. Thank you for your time and effort
I believe the best and easiest rule is to only exchange in places where the "we sell" and "we buy" are close together, that means that they do not have high rates in any direction of exchange! Love the videos, keep it up!
Better still bring CZ money with you, they'll rip you off before you know it.
Love you guys ❤ Visited beautiful Prague in August of 2017 and never got ripped off once. We were extra careful. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Map link is broken,any fix?
Took my family to Prague in January 2020 and used all your videos to exchange money, get from the airport to the Old Town Square, and the best places to see. Thanks for the great information. Looking forward to another trip to beautiful Prague.
Last week I was in Budapest and was trying to search - 'Honest Guide in Budapest'. I am sure no other city in whole world has another honest guides. Hats off
You are doing an incredible service for travellers and making your country proud.
Wait… exchange offices that don’t trick you? That’s impossible.
Yeah it seems fake to me but is actually real
Jared - no, it actually is possible, you read the tables or ask before you change....
...and Janek will have nothing to eat :(
i love how he is just calling out the bad exchange rates... not all heroes wear capes :)
Back to the roots! :-)
studying abroad next spring in Prague. Love this dude, so, so helpful.
It’s been a year! How was your trip?
Should be arriving in two days, thank you SO MUCH for this. One of your safe exchanges is a scant 230m walk from our lodgings, so mapped and sent to phone.
Thank for honest local like you that make Prague more tourist friendly
Hello I'm Italian and I'm going to move to Prague for work so these videos are really helpful :) you are very funny too, thank you!!!
Hi Janek and Honza! I want to thank you guys for doing what you do, a big help for us travelers who aim to visit your beautiful country.
We will be there this coming March 28 for a week to celebrate my 60th birthday. We hope to have fun and safe stay there…of course with your help from watching your informative videos. Good Luck!
Hey guys, just to let you know that we really had so much Fun in Prague. I celebrated my birthday at Zvonice, restaurant at Jindrisska Tower. Precious moments!
Thanks for introducing the tower in your vlog!
you guys are changing the world for the better! litteraly :)
I'm going to Prague in September and I'm so glad I found your channel! Thanks for all the great info!
I’ve learned more about Prague watching your videos than I have on my previous 3 visits to the city, fantastic work 👏👍🏻
After watching your videos for months, I'm try my best to convince my wife to go prague for our next vacation not Germany.
Keep up the great work
I can't thank you enough Man. Because of your channel, Prague is like the easiest city to explore now.
Velice pravdivé !!! Děkuji ! Vždy "lovím" dobrý change takže jsem vděčná za další tipy! Super ! 👏
I’m currently in Prague (leaving today), and my short experience is that was cheapest to pay by card, but in one of the places you recommended “Grand Cafe Orient” (which was brilliant) only take cash. The problem is on the other side of the street there’s a “0% commission” exchange, which for £1 gave 19.50, other scammers were giving 19.20, and “good exchanges” were giving around 25 for £1, but I found out that 2 min away there’s KB bank which was giving 26.35 (by paying card I had 26.40), so pretty good deal, close to the rate when paying card.
Maybe you could do an episode that shows the best bank alternative to currency exchange shops?
Great video as usual 😎🇸🇪
this is actually good tips for tourists all around the world, not only in prague.
Yoooo this is amazing. Been in Prague a couple of times a few years back. Thank you for making things so clear for tourists and of course for you and your crew as citizens of Prague. Honest guide indeed. I also remember that case with that big time scammer. Good job that you managed to kick him out. Kudos for that. Greetings from Cyprus and see you soon :)
I have the same problem all the time, but not in Czech Republic, but in Poland.
I'm traveling a lot between Poland and Iceland (i have two citizenships), and because icelandic króna are very obscure, and no every exchange has that, it is really hard to get a good rate.
Be honest with yourself and just pay with cards my friends. Use exchange only if you are in emergency. And still, look up for the prices, and laws about minimal rate in each country.
Love you guys ❤
I just found out your channel. Excellent information. Thank you sooooo much! My husband and I are coming next August in Czechia for a two weeks round tour. I look forward to it. I know tourist can be scammed (I am Italian. Need to say no more, I guess). So I hope we will have a wonderful experience in your wonderful country
First Comment!! Love your guys' stuff. Can't wait to visit.
Last year when I got off my cruise I had a heap of US money that i luckily won at the casino and I tried to cash it in ! It was in Sydney right on the Circular Quay and I almost got ripped off massively!! The monetary value of what I had should have worked out at about $2300AUD and they offered me $1600AUD !!!!!
When I said that was unacceptable and I wanted my money back the girl got angry a little bit, I said no way that’s a rip-off give me my money back and she did everything to not give me my money back and she wouldn’t put it back into the slot and got very angry at me because I wouldn’t except her price after A bit of arguing she finally put my money back into the slot and I grabbed it out and counted it all and it was still there and she was basically telling me to F off she was so fukn angry at me Like I did something wrong.
She was sitting there on her phone when I got there so she wasn’t busy but after this I don’t even bother with these exchange places anymore I just keep all the currencies I have and I go to my bank where they actually give me the full price of its value👌🏻😁
your videos are always useful, thank you
when I first landed at PRG airport I did what you suggested before, bought something from BILA at the airport and the cashier returened my EUR with CZK :) the best rate possible!
And the good thing is that any BILA in Czech Republic will accept euros, so it’s not just at the airport! (McDonald’s,KFC and other international chains also accept euros)
The thing that freaks me out is that the good exchange offices and the bad ones look so similar. I'm glad you have that map of the good ones, it takes the guessing out of it
you guys are the best. Period
Thanks!
thanks for the money urolld! i really appreciate it
Janek, having visited the Czech Republic many times, I just love your videos. You're right that a visitor should use a card as much as possible, but they should use one that doesn't charge foreign exchange fees. Otherwise they'll have a nasty surprise when they get their next bill. Also if they need cash, use a bank ATM for the best (interbank) rate.
Although this topic is repeated, this is the best content for the channel
Where do we find the map of honest exchange places? Is it still available?
Thank you for basically answering my question I posted on the ATM video on where to safely change money. :-)
Janek and Honza are the country's assets.. Wish every country has such honest guide
Saved some folks from getting scammed at the exchange office at 5:00 into the video... they were VERY grateful.
Some year following your channel.... And finally I will to Prague this week.... Yeaaah
Thanks broo
My girlfriend (who's originally from Czechia) and I are coming to visit next month! My first time going and can't wait!!! Been binge watching your videos 😁
Thanks for doing what you do!
almost two years ago i visited CZ for the first time, went to Budweis to the Indian Riders Fest.
I will be visiting it again this june, these videos helped me to cash out money while i was there, thanks !
The orange one, Interchange, is also massively presented at the Prague Airport with the same lousy rates, NEVER change your money there and thus support these gangsters and scammers !!!
You see orange colored exchange office at the airport, don't even bother and run away!!!!
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Thanks for the information man!
There's even easier way to change the euros in Prague by going to Albert or Billa supermarket ;) They always have good rates. Main conditions: to actually buy something (change will be given in CZK), provide only one bill and it shouldbe less than 200 EUR.
U can also use a sponsor o this chanel ZEN and withdraw from ATM
yeah, but that only applies to Euros, what if you need to exchange JPY or NOK etc
@@mateuszzimon8216 Withdrawing from an ATM has its own pitfalls, there is a whole video about it on the channel.
@@MarvinCZ yes, but u can mitigate that by using multi-currency card
@@mateuszzimon8216 No, you can't. The ATM still detects your primary currency and offers DCC. If you accept DCC, the ATM will do the conversion despite you having an account in the ATM's currency or a great exchange rate.
I always use Revolut abroad and DCC is still something to watch for, as well as being offered ridiculous sums to withdraw.
Thanks a lot! Will be in Prague next weekend and watching your movies I feel super impowered with knowledge :)
can not wait to visit your beautiful town in 2 weeks!!! great tips and thanks for taking the time in making these video!
Rule of thumb... the "flashier" the office & bigger signs/advertising the greater the chance of being scammed.
You have saved not lot but millions
Thanks for great information.God bless you and your family
Thank you for your videos. Was in Prague with my girlfriend at the weekend and visited the exchange office, really super serious, the others were outrageous when it came to the exchange rates
Thank you so much Janek and Honza, really liking your videos and learning lots!
Visiting Prague in August this year. Your channel is my go to!
Thanks
Im really learning alot from this video so basically when I go to Prague I will just use my card or exchange my euros to exchange trusted place. Thank you Janek for helping people you guys in the Honest review team is amazing 🎉
Thank you! Currently in Prague and I used one of your exchange places on your map guide. Thanks for looking out for us traveller's!
Thank you soooo much! I love this channel so much! I've saved so much time and money (and nerves). Especially with the tips in your older videos! Sooo worth it! From the tip on airport transfer via public transport to honest exchange places to good restaurants and bars!!!! Just checked out the Grand Café Orient you recommended! Amazing. Also the restaurant within the airport! Also very decent! Please keep doing what you are doing!
Back in 2018 i go to Prague and thanks to your video i know exactly where to exchange my money👍👍..keep up the great works guys and we'll meet again when this all corona things go away
Your videos are very helpful for Prague tourists ❤
You are awesome! Thank you so much. I am going to visit Prague and your video surprised me and gave me so much information!! Wow.
I am your subscriber and thanks to your videos, I will be in Prague for the 2nd time this coming weekend. I was ripped off when I exchanged cash at the main train station the last time.
Thanks for helping us avoid the pitfalls. Well-explained.
Hi, thank you very much, I spent a wonderful week in Prague also thanks to your advice, many thanks
When I first flew to Prague, I knew where to change the currency, but I needed several tens of crowns to buy a bus ticket to the center of Prague. I went to the exchanger and asked to change 5 euros. The woman, with surprise on her face, said that for life in Prague 5 euros is very little, for one day you need 50 euros (housing, food, shopping), to which I just smiled. Thanks guys
Thank u. I followed u since my trip in 2019 and it’s very useful.
This guy is genuinely genuine
Super useful thanks:)
Love your videos! I finally will go to prague next week, two years after I discoverd your Channel :D
Congratulations for your excellent job and your useful tips!!!
I like those guys because they always do better than the city and goverment.:)
Super helpful today- got to meet the nice lady at clementine hotel to exchange USD to CZK. As always, thanks for the recommendation!
You are doing gods work here, thankd
Can't open the map on the webpage, is it broken?
Yeah same. I hope it isn't broken.
If you have Revolut, I exchanged my euros to Czech crowns then I just withdraw cash money from a bank with the card.
thank you very much for the information , it makes me nervous
Awesome 👍🏾 very good guide before I travel to Prague
Thank you ! I will come to Prague in november and your videos was very usefull for me.
Siete l'orgoglio di questa splendida citta. Complimenti.
Thank you!
Great video. The best changing rates are on Václavské námnesti near pošta in the change office of course,my friend told me and I have changed several times there ( they are Indians or Arabs not sure, I was skeptical at first but after several times ok no scam :)
Many thanks man, I assume a lot of not honest “businessmen” in Prague really hate you. Keep doing your mission and let me know if you’re running tours for groups and couples, and what’s the pricing, how to contact you, if I’m in Prague one day with my family.
Thank you very much for sharing the tips!
why don't you have euro as base currency in the first place, just seems weird
Credit to your channel. Just watched a feat with you on german Television. Ty for revealing this.
Thank you. I love watching your videos.
Danke, Honza. Dekuj
Thank you for looking out for the tourists.
I visited it yesterday and i thing i saw the map already when i googled it, you are so amazing!
The thing was, i overrated cash so much, i really did not need cash. In Germany you pay almost everywhere with cash and in prague they all accept credit card.
So do not visit prague without an credit card 😂😂
I also explored a really amazing restaurant and i do not know if you already mentioned it in one of your videos, but this place is called 'Jelica'. They serve Balcan Food and i can recommend that restaurant ^^
Thank you for informing us. I do really appreciate it.
yes as you said the safest way is pay by credit card that's true I was there this weekend. I didn't need to change money
I am so lucky I came up searching for tredlnik in TH-cam and found your chanel here cause I will be revisiting chezh republic in 3 months and your videos are so much heplful and they're going to show me what can I do the next time I am there.
Do more about Pardubice please!
Heh, I mostly know all those scam methods, but the most I like to watch You for the guiding to unusuall places in Prague and for learning czech language. Hope I catch You some time in Prague
Great Work Man ! Respect