{"id":7343,"date":"2021-06-17T13:11:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T13:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/?p=7343"},"modified":"2025-03-03T10:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T10:31:44","slug":"how-i-spent-30-on-a-bag-of-nuts-the-pitfalls-of-spending-in-a-foreign-currency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/budgeting\/how-i-spent-30-on-a-bag-of-nuts-the-pitfalls-of-spending-in-a-foreign-currency\/","title":{"rendered":"How I spent \u00a330 on a bag of nuts: the pitfalls of spending in a foreign currency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-julia-volk-5273214-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7344 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-julia-volk-5273214-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-julia-volk-5273214-scaled-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-julia-volk-5273214-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-julia-volk-5273214-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-julia-volk-5273214-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-julia-volk-5273214-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-julia-volk-5273214-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-julia-volk-5273214-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-julia-volk-5273214-1350x900.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-julia-volk-5273214-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-julia-volk-5273214-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mouthy Money contributor Amani Keynan has spent the past year abroad in Egypt studying Arabic. Here, she shares what she has learned about the pitfalls of spending in a foreign currency.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When moving abroad, temporarily or permanently, there are a few key things to consider. For instance, will I find my favourite snacks there? And how much is everything going to cost me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I decided to study abroad the first thing I did was check the exchange rate. Luckily for me UK pound sterling is \u2018strong\u2019 relative to the Egyptian pound. In theory my British pounds would go far there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what I quickly learned after arriving is having a &#8216;stronger&#8217; currency is a bit of an illusion. It is easy to think everything is cheap but it also easy to overspend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before flying out I researched the cheapest ways to access my money. There were a few methods to avoid extra costs when making purchases or withdrawing money, but after exploring my options I decided to get a Starling card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starling has free overseas spending and cash withdrawals around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But things got trickier once I arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/spending\/your-money-questions-answered\/\">Your Questions Answered<\/a>: Have you got a burning money question? We want to help! We\u2019ve got a panel of experts on hand that can explain and give guidance to you for your personal finance problems. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mouthymoney.co.uk\/spending\/your-money-questions-answered\/\">Find out how.<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>My first underestimation of my new currency was realising I\u2019d spent roughly \u00a330 on a bag of nuts. As you can imagine that set alarm bells ringing when I discovered what I\u2019d done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made a string of other mistakes till I realised I was spending a lot more than the average international student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think the misconception that affected me is thinking you come from a place with a \u2018stronger\u2019 currency in a more expensive country, so no matter how much you spend, you\u2019re always getting it for way cheaper than what you would\u2019ve bought it for at home. But that is often not the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Egypt, for example, all the branded products we\u2019re used to at home will, without a doubt, be double the retail price compared to the UK. Buying them is a really easy way to overspend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once that bubble bursts you\u2019re pushed to think about ways to help you budget better &#8211; or at least be a bit smarter with your spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Top tips for overcoming currency differences<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>From my time here I thought it was just me being clueless, falling for overpriced things. But I came across others who fell for the illusion of the currency difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From their feedback and my own experience it takes about two to three months to realise your expenditure is exceeding your average amount at home on random things. 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