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Get hold of your holiday money quickly. Pick it up from the dedicated travel money counter at your nearest Post Office.
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- Buy your Egyptian pounds online at Post Office
- Check the exchange rate to lock in the best Great British pounds to Egyptian pounds exchange rates
- Order between £100 and £5,000 – and get better rates the more you buy
You’ve got sun, sea and sand. But have you got your travel money?
Heading to the cradle of civilisation? Make sure you’ve got the travel money you need. The Egyptian pound is one of over 60 other currencies available to buy from Post Office – whether you order online or in one of thousands of participating branches.
Order your EGP online for our best rates and either pick them up in any branch or choose delivery to your home.
If your holiday’s cancelled, we also offer a refund guarantee within 28 days of purchase for every Egyptian pound you bought. And should you come back with unspent banknotes, we’ll buy them back from you commission-free.
Buy your Egyptian pounds with us – the more you buy, the better the rate.
Get your Egyptian pounds from Post Office
A few reasons to get your holiday money from Post Office
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0% commission on over 60 currencies and great rates when you buy online or in branch
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Order travel money online or in thousands of participating branches up to five days in advance
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Find our best rates online, and buying more improves the rate further
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Order by 3pm and pick currency up in any branch or we’ll deliver the next working day*
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Orders over £500 get free delivery. Orders of £100 - £499 can be delivered next working day for £5.99
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If your holiday’s cancelled, we’ll refund your travel money purchase within 28 days. T&Cs apply
Home delivery
Want your cash delivered tomorrow? Order by 3pm today for delivery to your home.
How far will your Egyptian pounds go?
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A trip to Egypt is still relatively cheap, with good exchange rates on the Egyptian pound meaning your British sterling can go far. Make sure you stay safe in Egypt and buy travel insurance to protect you in case things go wrong
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Budget travellers
For backpackers or those travelling on a budget it’s possible to get a flavour of Egypt from around £15 to £30 a day, staying in budget accommodation and sampling local street food such as Egyptian staples fava beans and falafel. Travel around the country is cheap, with trains between Cairo and Luxor costing as little as £3 to £4 for the ten-hour journey -
Mid-range travellers
Staying in a basic hotel room with a private bathroom and fan and eating in local restaurants will cost between £15 and £20 a day, allowing for a bit of sightseeing and the odd daily treat. If you're heading to the beach book well in advance to get the best package deal or try a self-catering or bed-and-breakfast package -
Luxury travellers
The main expense in Egypt is the entry into tourist sites. A complete visit to the Giza pyramids will set you back more than £30 in admission charges. Sharm el-Sheik is more westernised than other tourist destinations and many hotels and resorts will operate closer to western prices.
Some common questions
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The Egyptian pound is the official currency of Egypt and the only one in use.
The Egyptian pound is divided into 100 piastres. Egyptian currency banknotes cover both piastres and whole pounds. The banknotes are 25 and 50 piastres, and 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 pounds. The smaller notes – ie those below E£5 – may be less common as they have been removed from and reintroduced to circulation. The coins are 5, 10, 20, 25 and 50 piastres and 1 Egyptian pound.
You might hear some colloquial terms for various amounts of money. Bolbol and gondi for 1EGP, baku for 1,000EGP and arnab for 1,000,000 EGP.
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Egypt is the only country whose official currency is the Egyptian pound, but it is unofficially used in the Gaza Strip too.
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You’ve got a lot of options for buying Egyptian pounds with Post Office. The easiest is to order your travel money online, which will also give you our best rates. When you do this, you can choose to pick the EGP up from any of our participating branches within our network of 11,500. Find your nearest branch or opt for home delivery.
Thousands of branches also offer currency services if you prefer to pop in to order your travel money. Use our branch finder and select the foreign currency option to locate branches closest to you that can help.
If you order by 3pm then your currency will be ready to pick up the next working day. And if you choose delivery before 3pm, it will be sent by Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm to arrive at yours usually the next working day.
For orders of £100 to £499, delivery costs £5.99. You can order between £100 and £5,000 on over 60 currencies with Post Office.
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The highest-value Egyptian pound note is 100EGP.
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The smallest denomination of currency available is 5 piastres, however this is such an insignificant sum as to render such coins virtually worthless (it is roughly equivalent to 0.25 pence).
- Read all travel money FAQs
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