A few comments following my recent trip to Italy. Most people can do their own search for money and check rates from the usual suspects = Travel Agents, the Post Office, Tesco, M&S etc. The fact is that a few credit and debit cards give very good rates for simply going abroad and drawing cash from an ATM or using a credit card for purchases. At the moment the N*tionw*de is fee free within the EU. I put something on my credit card and was charged at a rate of 4 cents better from that the rate I got at the airport for a pre-booked purchase of cash. This is itself a lot cheaper than just walking up with £s cash.
I was talked into taking a Cash Passport the other day. It is a debit/cash card issued under the Mastercard logo. It costs 2% to add cash to it which at least is stated up front. At the airport I picked up Euros 500 and asked them to put 300 of them onto my euro denominated cash passport. They said they'd have to change them into £s, back to Euros and then credit me! Rubbish! I shall draw my balance and close the account!
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Foreign Currency new
Foreign Currency new
