Currency Converter

Show trip prices in more than one currency

Show your trip prices in the currency your travelers know best. That small change can make a big difference. When someone from another country looks at one of your treks, day tours, or multi-day packages, they can understand the cost right away.

Instead of showing only your base currency, you can let visitors switch to other currencies like EUR, GBP, AUD, or INR. The add-on uses real-time exchange rates, so the displayed amount stays current.

If you sell to travelers from different countries, this helps them feel more comfortable while they browse. It also cuts down on the back-and-forth that happens when someone is trying to work out the price on their own.

Key features

These are the main things the add-on helps you do on your trip pages.

• Show prices in familiar currencies: A traveler from the UK can view your Everest trek in GBP. A traveler from Australia can look at the same trip in AUD.
• Update rates automatically: Exchange rates can refresh on their own, so you do not need to keep changing them by hand.
• Keep the switcher visible: You can turn on a sticky currency switcher so visitors can change currency while they scroll through a trip page.
• Control what visitors see: Add the currencies you want, choose a title, and decide where the switcher appears.
• Build trust with international travelers: People are more likely to continue booking when they understand the price right away.

Once you know what the add-on does, you are ready to set it up.

What you'll need before you start

Get these ready first. That will make the setup much smoother.

• WP Travel Engine Pro installed and activated. A plugin is a small tool you add to WordPress to give your website more features. WP Travel Engine is the plugin that runs your trip booking system.
• The Currency Converter add-on installed and activated. An add-on is an extra tool that connects to WP Travel Engine to add one specific feature.
• An API key from a currency exchange service. An API key is like a password that lets your website talk to another service. In this case, it lets your site fetch live exchange rates.

Once these are in place, you can move into the setup with confidence.

Setting up the Currency Converter

You will do all of this from your WordPress dashboard. That is the main admin area you see after you log in.

The settings live on the left sidebar of your dashboard. Go to WP Travel Engine. Then click Settings. Open Extension. Then choose Currency Converter.

You are now in the right place. Next, you can go through each setting one by one.

Enable Currency Converter

These settings control whether the converter appears and where your visitors can find it. If you want a traveler to switch from USD to EUR while checking a Nepal trek or a family day tour, this is where that starts.

The front end is the part of your site visitors see - the pages they browse.

• Apply Currency Converter: Turns the whole currency converter on or off across your site.
• Apply Sticky Currency Switcher: Keeps the currency switcher visible while someone scrolls. This helps on long trip pages with lots of itinerary details, photos, and inclusions.
• Show Currency Converter Before Booking Calendar: Places the switcher above the trip booking calendar so people can change currency before they look at dates and pricing.

If you want the switcher to stand out more, the sticky option is often a good choice. Once that is set, you can give the switcher a title your travelers will understand.

Currency Converter Title

This title tells visitors what the switcher is for. A clear title helps people notice it without wondering what the dropdown does.

For example, if someone lands on your Kilimanjaro package page, a title like Check Prices in Your Local Currency makes the purpose clear right away.

Add a custom title such as Currency Converter or Check Prices in Your Local Currency. If you sell to international travelers, plain wording usually works best.

Once the title is in place, the next thing the add-on needs is access to live exchange rates.

API Key

The API key lets your website pull in real-time exchange rates. Without it, the add-on cannot update prices from a currency service.

You can use either of these services:

• Free API Key - good for basic use with limited requests.
• Premium API Key - a better fit for larger sites with more visitors.

If you get regular traffic from several countries, a premium plan may be worth it. That can matter if you run seasonal campaigns, group tours, or popular fixed departures that get lots of price checks every day.

After you add the key, choose the license type that matches it. That helps the add-on use the right service settings.

License Type

This tells the add-on whether you are using a free or premium currency service plan. It helps the plugin use the right setup for your account.

Select Free or Premium based on the key you entered. Premium supports advanced features such as faster updates and additional currencies.

Once that matches your account, you can decide how prices should update and how visitors should see them.

Currencies

This section controls how your site chooses a currency and how often rates change. These settings matter most if you want prices to feel local without extra manual work from you.

• Geo Locate: Detects a visitor's location and shows prices in that person's local currency.
• Auto Update Rate: Keeps exchange rates updated automatically from the API service.

If someone in Germany visits your site, Geo Locate can show your Annapurna trek price in EUR. If someone in India visits, the same trip can show in INR.

Detection Mode

Detection Mode decides how the add-on picks the right currency for a visitor. This is especially important if you use caching on your site.

A cache is a saved copy of a page that helps it load faster.

If this setting sounds technical, do not worry. You usually only need to change it if your site uses a tool that speeds up pages by showing saved versions to visitors.

Standard

Use this when a visitor lands on your site for the first time and you want the plugin to detect that visitor's location and apply the matching currency.

This works well for many sites that are not using aggressive full-page caching.

Cache Compatible

Use this if your site uses a full-page caching tool such as NitroPack, WP Rocket, or Cloudflare.

In a normal cached setup, different visitors may all see the same saved version of the page. That can cause the wrong currency to appear.

Cache Compatible mode fixes that by using a cookie to vary the cached content for each visitor's currency. A cookie is a small piece of saved browser data that helps the site remember a setting. The page will reload once automatically so the correct currency can appear.

This setting helps make sure each visitor sees the right currency. After that, you can decide how tidy or exact you want the numbers to look.

Decimal settings

These settings control how converted prices look on the page. This is useful if you want cleaner numbers for marketing pages or more precise numbers for detailed pricing.

• Decimal Digits: Choose how many numbers appear after the decimal point. For example, 2 shows a converted price like 120.50.
• Decimal Rounding: Turn this on if you want cleaner whole-number prices. For example, 120.50 becomes 121.

If you sell premium private trips, rounded numbers can look cleaner. If you sell lower-priced day tours or gear rental add-ons, showing decimals may feel more accurate.

Once these settings look right, you can choose which currencies people can switch to.

Add Currency

This is where you decide which currencies appear on the front end of your site. You do not need to add every currency in the world. Start with the ones your customers use most.

For example, if most of your bookings come from the UK, Australia, and Germany, you might start with GBP, AUD, and EUR.

You can also choose how much control you want over the rates.

• Manually edit exchange rates if you want to use your own fixed custom rates.
• Update all rates with one click using your API key.

Manual rates can be useful if you want stable display pricing during a short seasonal campaign. That can help if you are promoting a fixed-price spring trek or a limited-time group discount.

At this point, the converter is ready. The last thing worth knowing is how to get the best results from it.

Good to know

These tips can help you keep the setup clear and useful for your travelers.

• Use Geo Locate when most of your customers come from different countries: This helps people see a familiar currency as soon as they land on your site.
• Keep Auto Update Rate turned on if you want current prices: This is helpful when exchange rates move often.
• Add only the currencies you actually need: Too many options can make the switcher feel cluttered.
• Match currencies to your market: If most of your bookings come from Asia and Europe, focus on the currencies travelers in those regions use most.

A small, clear setup is usually better than a long list of rarely used currencies. If something does not look right, the fixes below are the best place to start.

Troubleshooting

The currency switcher isn't showing up on my trip page

Start with the basics. Make sure the add-on is installed and turned on under Extensions, then Currency Converter.

Next, check that Apply Currency Converter is turned on. Click Save after any change. Then reload one of your trip pages and check again.

My exchange rates are not updating

First, make sure Auto Update Rate is turned on. Then check that your API key is still valid and active.

Free keys often have daily limits. If you have reached that limit, new rates may stop coming in until your quota resets.

The wrong currency is showing to visitors

If Geo Locate is turned on, the add-on may be choosing a currency based on the visitor's location. Turn it off if you want all visitors to choose their own currency instead.

If your site uses caching, also check Detection Mode. Try Cache Compatible if you use tools such as NitroPack, WP Rocket, or Cloudflare.

The prices look wrong after I switch currency

Check the exchange rate shown in the Add Currency list. If the rate looks old, update all rates with your API key or turn on Auto Update Rate.

If you entered a manual rate earlier, that custom number may be the reason. Review the rate you saved and adjust it if needed.

The switcher is not showing where I expected on the page

Turn on Show Currency Converter Before Booking Calendar if you want it above the booking area. Turn on Apply Sticky Currency Switcher if you want it to stay visible while people scroll.

After that, open a trip page and check both places. Look near the booking section and also look for the sticky switcher on the screen.

The switcher does not look right on mobile

Try one display option at a time. Some layouts look better above the booking calendar than in a floating position on a smaller screen.

Open a trip page on your phone after each change. That makes it easier to see which option feels clearer for your customers.

Visitors see the wrong currency until the page reloads

This can happen on sites that use full-page caching. A cache is a saved version of a page that helps it load faster.

Move Detection Mode to Cache Compatible if you use tools such as NitroPack, WP Rocket, or Cloudflare. That mode allows one automatic reload so the correct currency can appear for each visitor.

Frequently asked questions