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UK Travel Money Cards are a well-tried and experienced concept. Travel money card are a currency card preloaded with the currency of your choice.
Prepaid money cards are becoming increasingly popular among people who travel abroad on holiday and act as an alternative to using traveller’s cheques or carrying large amounts of foreign currency on an overseas holiday.
Travel money cards holds many advantages; such as you get a better currency exchange rate when you buy your currency to preload on your card, on average you can get between 5 to 8% better currency exchange rates than at the airport. |
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Firstly, going with prepaid card disadvantages. If you loose your card abroad you could be left in distress knowing you have no way of getting to your cash,.
We advise all consumers to get two currency cards of the same denomination where the second currency card is to be left in your hotel safe.
In the event of losing your currency card you can cancel your lost card and activate your new card where your balance will be transferred to your new card account.
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Moneybookers have just launched a new currency card called Moneybookers MasterCard which is currently only available in euro's. Now you have an alternative to transfer funds abroad at low rates and you can top up by credit or debit card |
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Prepaid Travel Cards are best described as pay as you go debit cards where there's no need to check your credit status or history, so Prepaid Travel Cards are guaranteed instant issued. Prepaid Travel Cards offer the easiest way to make a payment and in most cases there are no fees to pay if in the same currency, especially if you don't like to carry around a lot of cash.
When choosing one of these currency cards, it would be wise to look into some Travel money cards reviews to find the best Travel money cards. Different FX cards have different conditions. A Travel money cards also offers greater safety than cash when it comes to carrying it around. Travel money cards are easy to follow. You can use your Travel money cards to pay bills online and over the phone.
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Travel currency cards has many advantages too such as improved exchange rates when buying travel money prices vary from each provider but look for providers that offer live currency rates as these can be better.
Even without picking a currency card without live rates you are still getting 5 – 8% better currency exchange rates.
Plus unlike travellers cheques you do not need to carry a passport around when you need to withdraw cash just pop to the nearest ATM and withdraw cash as and when you need it especially if some currency providers offer free atm withdraws.
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Some Travel money cards providers offer you discounts on holidays, car hire giving you added value for your money. Plus all currency cards are either a Visa currency card or a MasterCard currency card, which are accepted worldwide giving you peace of mind that you can use your card when you need to.
All Prepaid Travel Cards are free where you just top your card up in the first instance with cash look at reviews on Prepaid Travel Cards before choosing any of these cards as reviews can help in buying the best Travel money cards.
Phones 4 U have just launched a three new currency cards that are now available. Choose from Phones 4 U dollars - Euros or Sterling. Phones 4 U have branded their new currency products as Escape. |