10 Prague Money Tips - Everything you need to know

[@shannonbilger5301]

Always avoid Euronet ATMs

[@doogiemcdougster6740]

I paid $60 to get $300 worth of Czech Crowns from a Euronet ATM. Said another way, I got $240 worth of Czech Crowns, but paid $300.

[@ElizabethRocero-z2f]

How much currency of peso

[@michaelveras9859]

Just spent three days in Prague and we took the Old Town/Jewish Quarter and Prague Castle Free Walking Tours, both with Katarina. She was fantastic and we really enjoyed her knowledge, insights and sense of humor on both tours. Your channel has been instrumental in ensuring that our trip to Praha has been a great one. Keep up the great work and thank you.

[@Money-Fast-Plan-a]

Your video is an unending source of motivation! - "Every setback carries a precious lesson."

[@shane.s-747]

OMGosh at 6:29 I laughed so much, you are funny, that's one reason why I love you and your channel. Thank you for another informative vlog, see ya next time. BBBYYYEEE!!

[@wifedora]

Great video and very useful! Thanks so much for sharing. I watced many of your videos before i go to Prague and it helped a lot!! We used to change money at Na porici Street,next to a bakery. They had a very good exchange price.

[@paultodd7806]

❤ great video as always, I don’t think any other city has a similar tourist vlog like yours. I am glad you kept the Czech crown as currency as all the places we have visited who have taken the Euro has complained how much their cost of living has risen, which has had a knock on effect to everything🤨. You and your team should be recognised by your Government for the work, dedication and professionalism you bring to showcase Prague and Czech👍

[@deltamme82]

I visited Prague last week for work . Still got to look around in the late afternoon / evenings. Although want to go back . So much I didn't see and I really loved being there :)

[@mikk7070-gaming]

First! Prague is the best city in Europe 🇸🇯❤️🇨🇿

[@mracer8]

Second! Czechoslovakia have the best-looking ladies in the world!

[@mantsas3867]

@@mracer8and boys

[@jankomuzykant1844]

@@mracer8 Czechoslovakia? What era do you live in?

[@azuladogz3815]

Best video I have found about Prague for tourism

[@philbuarque]

4:00 you are absolutely correct on the 90%ish rule on credit cards. I went to Prague multiple times (took your tour in one of them) and had to pay with cash about 4 occasions. Very honest tip! 😅😅😅

[@nomsky4719]

love the guy on the right at 3:31 what currency does he use? :D

[@jaivekkanabar6865]

Honest guide

[@mracer8]

The way I think Cze should be doing on updating their currency is to let public accept all legal bank notes, whenever old notes get deposited or go thru the banking system! exchange the notes to new version and destroy/credit the old notes! it will be trouble free and no confusion to the public/tourist!

[@Yenneffer]

That has been going on for quite a while before they were finally discontinued. It's worth mentioning these old bank notes were issued between 1995 and 1999, so most of them were out of circulation ages ago.

[@mrkv4k]

That did happen, 14 years ago. They were taking them out of circulation for around 10 years and then finaly discontinued them back in 2022. Apparetnly, these foreign banks have some starh of 10+ years old currency.

[@chrishutchison5031]

RPG’s!!! This was great! I had no idea about the new bills. I still have Crowns from 2011 so I will need to change them when I come next time. I am not used to seeing you on Sunday…. I like it!

[@RealPragueGuides]

2011 should be fine. I think it’s banknotes that are older than 1999.

[@mracer8]

@@RealPragueGuides I don't even remember which years was the banknotes, but when I visit last year (2023) some of my left over older Crown from visit before is no longer accept in stores! I would have to found a national bank to exchange!! I end up donate it to every church I visit! (I assume they will have no trouble deposit them to their bank!)

[@mgiese84]

Valery, I have watched MANY of your videos. You do a great job and I always get a couple chuckles too. I will be traveling to Prague in less than three weeks (woo hoo)! I have just about everything planned for the trip as far as excursions/site seeing goes. Right now we are going to do/see: Medieval/underground dungeon tour, ghosts & legends tour, beer spa, Petrin tower, Prague castle tour, Kunta Hora, and of course the astrological clock, Charles bridge, etc. Is there any one item I'm missing that you would say you can't go to Prague without seeing? I had thought about the zoo. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks and take care!

[@stijnsteenwegen5284]

Petrov a.k.a. Cathedral of St Peter and Paul if I'm not mistaken (lived in Brno for a few years)

[@ND-jv4hg]

If you end up with any spare change like I did you can just give it to a crazed homeless person, like that guy behind Valery @3:31.

[@beautyfashion149]

Hello thank you for the video do you know the klementinum library?

[@NallePu83]

The CZK 100, CZK 200, CZK 500, CZK 1000 and CZK 2000 banknotes issued in 1995-1999 are invalid from 1 July 2022.

[@anthonyf.9457]

Wow thank you for this🙏🏾

[@Geker3]

The church depicted on 10 CZK coin is cathedral of saint Peter and Paul in Brno. Yes, I know, how shocking - Brno. But Moravian influence is also on 2 CZK coin where we can see traditional "gombík" from the ancient Great Moravian Empire.

[@yamirkaibarra5415]

Love it 😊

[@mathewmaciolek581]

What about exchanging money at the post office or an American Express office? What about the men that hang around exchang offices claiming to change money but when they change money they give people out dated Belarusian Rubles?

[@tvrana]

Good exchange place is also on Kaprova street.

[@jaroslavmarek49]

Not anymore, they moved to Anděl

[@Thanatosofos]

Will I be able to pay in cash everywhere? Here in Finland we nowadays have a growing number of places (even like flea market vendors) who only accept card. This is not a problem for me here but when I (hopefully) come to Prague next month, it sounds like it would be more advisable to use cash.🤔

[@Destinavigator]

👋🏼 Small struggling Travel Channel here. I love your content, thanks for this great video! You inspire me to keep grinding my channel, maby one day I’ll grow as big as you 🥲

[@georgemohr7532]

What are banking hours in Prague?

[@joxp6971]

Valerie my wife and son and myself are coming to Prague in December fora white Chrissy, what is your tour company's name? We are coming from Sydney Australia

[@RealPragueGuides]

Hi! We go under two names Real Prague Guides or 100 Spires City Tours. Here is our website: www.tours-prague.eu

[@joxp6971]

@@RealPragueGuides thank you we may see ya in december

[@mrs.adamszanyfunhouse697]

9:27 ​@@RealPragueGuides

[@stevemcgowen]

Plus always tip in cash if you pay by card.

[@redlopa1]

Why? I’ve never tipped in cash in 20 years of being in Prague.

[@stevemcgowen]

@@redlopa1 It's better for the servers or bartenders.

[@redlopa1]

@@stevemcgowen Not for any of the ones who I’ve known for many years.

[@stevemcgowen]

@@redlopa1 For obvious reasons, like taxes...

[@mrkv4k]

I don't like that at all. This is done so they don't have to pay the income tax on the cash and it goes directly to the person serving you. But everyone should pay taxes, it's not normal to get part of your income off the books in cash.

[@leontnf6144]

Churro Debt rhymes with Euronet 🙈🙈

[@mantsas3867]

Hey, one question: do you need to have a good level of czech or you can speak english?

[@mrkv4k]

In Prague, you'll be fine with english. Everywhere else, knowing some Czech is better. And if you have to ask someone, look for people that are around 20yo.

[@mantsas3867]

@@mrkv4k alright! Thanks

[@mattihp]

I used no cash in prague, only one Place tried to get me to pay with cash

[@Randalf43]

use an ATM just outside of the city centre and avoid using them in the touristic area. Those ATM's will count more from your withdrawal

[@BrentMettert]

Hey that's some cool currency. The old men on your money are better looking than the old men on ours. God bless George Washington, but not with looks!!!!!

[@mrkv4k]

It's actually well thought out currency and there is a system for blind that's built in it. They have ascending size, so it's easy to feel them. Coins that start with 1 have slightly serrated edge, 2's have 11 sides (hendecagon) and 5's have polished edge. So you can easily tell just by feeling the side of a coin or looking at them in a wallet. Bank notes have lines in the right top corner, vertical for 100 and horizontal lines for 1000. Again, notes that start with 1 have 1 line, 2 have 2 lines and 5 have 3 lines. These lines are made with thick ink, so you can feel them just by touching. We also used to have 20 and 50CZK bank notes, those had two and three spheres and 10, 20 and 50 cents, which were made out of aluminium and followed the same rule (serrated, 11sided, round).

[@JohnnyYounitas]

Why didnt Czech switch over to € like most of europe?

[@juicymango]

Actualy the people in general do not want to join Euro as the coin unit. Like in Denmark and UK before Brexit.

[@mrkv4k]

That's a political decision and it's mostly about sentiment.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Currencies are regularly reissued/updated for a variety of reasons. For example to make it harder to counterfeit them. Or to make them more durable. Or to make them more suitable for new inventions. (eg cash/ticket machines.) Or because the powers that be decide that they don't like the previous regime's propaganda images on them. Or because the values have become obsolete because of inflation. I personally regret that the old paper $10 Australian bill was withdrawn from service. I liked the fact that it was the only banknote in the world to have the picture of a previously convicted forger on it. (Francis Greenway) 😜🤣🤣

[@conceptalfa]

👍👍👍!!!

[@Z3dL00per]

I am not American, but I think I am gonna use my credit card!

[@luciavrabelova3356]

I got scammed so badly in exchange and even when we called police they couldnt legally do snything and scammers laughed in our faces. Definitely fonnot recommend exchanges.

[@maxbgi70]

Lovely accent

[@jayce_147]

Prague is hella expensiveeeeeeeee

[@markrandle9905]

Arrive in 8 days

[@CAPTAINBOBBYSPAKJONES]

Don't they use the Euro?

[@stevemcgowen]

no

[@jankomuzykant1844]

@@stevemcgowen Old joke goes: we accept Euro. In any amount ;)

[@steveeuphrates-river7342]

Hunh... I thought there was no tipping in Czechia.

[@Pidalin]

This is a nice example of how our Czech currency is stable and value keeper....in normal countries, banknote is valid for decades, here, you have to replace banknotes every like 10 years. We should finally accept euro, this is ridiculous. And another ridiculous thing is that all hotels have prices in eur, so when you are Czech and you want to stay in Czechia, you have to pay price in eur and then convert it to CZK, so you don't even know how much exactly you will pay in CZK, when it already went this far, it's pointless to keep our currency, bussineses use it only because they have to.

[@stevemcgowen]

Pretty sure it is illegal to charge in Euro. Some hotels and restaurants in the centre do offer to charge in Euro, but it is not mandatory. Switching to Euro would make things more expensive, which is a reason why CR never changed. I like that CR has its own currency.

[@fingersfinesilver]

Wonderful video as always. I've been caught by the old currency once. That was a useful tip. After 18 years in Prague I will still watch for useful stuff. Oh, YOU DIDN'T BUDGET FOR PIVO!!!!!

[@xsc1000]

Plácáš hovadiny. Moc dobře si pamatuju, když končily určité druhy bankovek třeba v Německu, když to byly ještě marky. Každá banka dělá takovou obměnu a ty bankovky pak lze směnit jen ve vybraných pobočkách. i v USA je sice teoreticky možné platit 100 let starými dolary, ale v krámě je od tebe nikdo nevezme.

[@Pidalin]

@@xsc1000 A v Německu se dělo co? Měl jsi tam jenom za 100 let snad 4x změnu řežimu, měny, rozdělení, znovusjednocení...tak jasně že tam ty marky občas vyměnit museli. U moderních bankovek jako máme dneska a bez změn režimů by se tohle podle mě takhle dít nemělo, maj ty bankovky prostě banky stahovat a neposílat dál do oběhu bez toho aby se to vyloženě zneplatnilo, časem by se tak z oběhu odstranily i bez toho aby to museli řešit lidi.

[@Pidalin]

@@stevemcgowen My comment disapeared again, so again, I didn't mean like you can't pay in CZK in cash, I meant that price is in eur and then they recalculate it to CZK, so price in CZK is not fixed, but it changes everyday depending on exchange rate.

[@jolotschka]

The monetary system in Czech Republic is just a pile of manure. Realky😢😊

[@parchant74]

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