Where to exchange currency near me
October 4, 2023
When looking for foreign currency exchange near your location, you’re likely to search “Currency Exchange near me” or “Currency Exchange Vancouver” to quickly locate options that are close by and offer the best rates.
In the Greater Vancouver area, VBCE has four convenient locations where people can walk in and get a wide selection of denominations in stock for over 80+ foreign currencies. Banks love our breadth of options and usually refer their customers to us.
To help get you to the closest location, we’ve put together some key info on the areas our branches are located in and how best to plan your trip to avoid wait times.
Downtown Vancouver VBCE branch location:
Our main branch is at 800 West Pender Street in the heart of the financial district and has a walk-in service from 9-5 p.m., Monday to Friday. Conveniently located at Pender and Howe Streets, just a block west of Granville Street, and close to public transportation. The popular times in our branch are reflected below in a typical Wednesday or Friday weekday. Plan your visit by checking our Google Map page for this location for the best time to visit on the day you want to exchange your foreign currency:
Downtown Vancouver branch popular times:
South Granville VBCE branch location:
We opened our new location in South Granville at the corner of Granville Street and Broadway last year. We are on the northwest corner in the landmark historic Clock Tower building, an icon in the South Granville shopping district and across the street from Chapter / Indigo. We offer Saturday hours (10 am to 4 pm) at this location along with our regular Monday to Friday hours from 9 am to 5 pm.
This location has the most volume in the early afternoon between 2 pm to 3 pm as seen in the popular times below. Plan your visit by checking our Google Map page for this location for the best time to visit on the day you want to exchange your foreign currency:
South Granville branch popular times:
Richmond VBCE branch location:
We are conveniently located in Richmond at 6061 No 3 Road, one block south of the Richmond Brighouse Canada Line station at No 3 and Saba Roads and close to the Richmond Centre Mall. We offer Saturday hours (10 am to 4 pm) at this location along with our regular Monday to Friday hours from 9 am to 5 pm.
Plan your visit and avoid any wait time by checking our Google Map page for this location for the best time to visit on the day you want to exchange your currency:
Richmond branch popular times:
Metropolis at Metrotown Burnaby VBCE branch location:
Our popular Metrotown location has become a favourite destination for those in the Burnaby and greater Vancouver areas of Coquitlam, Surrey, and Langley, to just name a few. For those enjoying the Metrotown shopping experience and needing to get currency for an upcoming trip or have an international wire need, we can help support business and personal currency exchange along with precious metals needs at this location. We are located on the Ground Level by the Sport Chek store.
We offer Saturday hours from 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday hours from 11 am - 5 pm at this location, and our regular Monday to Friday hours from 9 am to 5 pm. Unique to this location, we are also happy to offer service on Stat Holidays as well and are open on Statutory Holidays from 11 am to 5 pm.
Plan the best time to visit and avoid wait times by checking out our Google Map page for the Burnaby location, this is a busy location with Friday, Saturday and Sunday seeing an increase in customers, so to serve you best, we recommend you come earlier in the day. Our busiest times, as shared below, tend to be heavier in the afternoons and just before closing:
Burnaby Metrotown branch popular times:
The commercial banks such as RBC and CIBC refer their customers to us because of the competitive rates we offer and the number of currencies we have available. As a western Canadian business, you also have access to our FX traders after the commercial banks end their trading hours, you don’t have to wait until the next day to confirm rates and place a trade for larger transactions. Like a bank, the timing of your visit is key as we tend to get an ebb and flow of customers so it’s best to avoid high volume periods at lunchtime and closing if you are in a rush. People typically spend 5 to 20 minutes at our locations, but at heavy traffic periods or times when the market is offering swings that customers want to take advantage of, we can see volumes increase throughout the day.
Most of our customers have a great experience and we aim to serve all of our customers as quickly and efficiently as possible, and we always aim to do our best:
We hope this article will help you navigate to a currency exchange location near you and offer some helpful tips on when and where services are available each day of the week, Monday to Sunday and even on Stat Holidays! For our full branch location info you can visit our locations page on our website.
About VBCE
For over 30 years, customers have been the heart of our business. We handle over five billion dollars in transactions annually through our retail locations and VBCE online platform. Read how we became the leading Canadian private foreign exchange company in Western Canada.
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