The Czech currency is the Czech koruna, consisting of 100 hellers (in the EUR zone the Czech Republic will not enter before 2015). Types and denomination of Czech money:

  • the crowns of the banknote - 20, 50, 100, 200, 2000, 5000,
  • coin crowns - 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50,
  • coin gellers - 10, 20, 50.

Currency exchange in the bank, but not in a separate exchange (smenarna). The largest and most reliable banks in the Czech Republic are Česká spořitelna, ČSOB, Komerčni banka, Živnostenská banka. Czech banks work from 8:00 to 16:30 from Monday to Friday, and some exchange offices are also on Saturday, from 9 to 12 hours

Before exchanging currency:

  • Remember that most of the exchange offices are posting a sale rate , instead of buying.
  • Specify how much you will get in your hands - the commission of the exchange office is not usually indicated, but can make up to 15% of the exchange amount.

Never change money from your hands, especially with good speaking in Russian currency traders - a great chance to run into scammers.

Bank cards VISA, Master Card, American Express, Di ners Club, JCD are accepted almost everywhere. American Express and Thomas Cook have their own offices in the Czech Republic, where they change their checks without a commission - specify the addresses of Czech exchange offices on the Internet

Never change money from your hands, especially from well-speaking Russian currency traders - .

To talk on the phone use coins or buy cards - they are sold at the post office (post offices are highlighted in orange), at newsstands, travel agencies and currency exchange offices. Mail works from 8 to 18 hours (in small towns from 8 to 13 hours), on Saturday from 8 to 12 hours, on Sunday does not work. Czech mobile operators - T-Mobail, Eurotel, Vodafon.

Be vigilant in shops, especially in self-service shops - you can cheat. Czech shops operate from Monday to Friday from 9 to 18 hours (food from 6-7 hours), on Saturday from 9 to 12-13 hours, on Sunday they do not work. 24-hour shops are rare and usually located in the suburbs.

In shops Tax Free Shopping, when buying from the amount of 2500 kroons, you can purchase goods with a subsequent refund of 14% VAT. For this it is necessary, besides the usual cash receipt, to take also the Tax Free check. To receive a Tax Free check, carry a passport (or a photocopy) with you. VAT refunds can be made upon departure from the country at the border or at Tax Free points in Russia - for this you will need to present a Tax Free check, a sales check of the store and a border Czech stamp on them.

When buying a thing in an antique store, specify the amount of the fee , which you will need to pay for the thing when it is exported from the country.

Tipping 5-10% is taken to be given to employees of the hotel, restaurant, taxi driver and guide.

Natalia Dorovskaya

The material was prepared in the framework of the joint program " Safety of tourists abroad "with the portal www.krayushenko.ru