Holiday money

[Tashyboy]

Nah them boys and girls. Mr and Missis T are off on our round the world Jaunt in Sept/ October. conversation had got round to “what is the best, easiest etc etc way to spend money and pays for things” in San Francisco, Hawaii, Sydney, Brisbane, Singapore and Manchester. Now Missis T is off to see our financial advisor ( Santander) tomorrow over summat else and is gonna mention this. But any advice greatly appreciated.

 

[sev112]

When I went to Kenya a (long) while back I was told to take Bic Biros and M&S socks - they got you the best deal with whatever you wanted to buy

 

[Tashyboy]

😂😂😂😂😂

 

[Pin-seeker]

You my friend are living the dream 😄

 

[Rlburnside]

When I went to the USA for 6 weeks I got a FairFX card just put the amount you feel you would need and anything left you can cash in.

 

[DeanoMK]

A few people I know have spoken about Monzo a lot, might be worth looking into.

 

[Don Barzini]

Post Office Travel Money card

https://www.postoffice.co.uk/travel-money/card

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

We travelled for 4months (and a week) and for most transactions in Australia and New Zealand we just used a credit card - including in most shops. We'd get a bit of cash out to have available when we needed it but we didn't get that much out until we were prep'ing for Bali, Cambodia and Thailand - these were primarily cash.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Levi jeans go down well, just take plenty of pairs in popular sizes

 

[Deleted member 18121]

Revolut for me....

 

[rulefan]

Post Office or Nationwide Credit Card

 

[Crazyface]

Barclaycard Credit card. Currently NO charges for currency conversion or money withdrawals until 2021 (I think it was). Plus money back on spends. win win win !

You're welcome!

 

[User62651]

Anyone know if Google Pay phone app works ok in the Balearics? Only recently started using it here.

Do you get stung more on currency change commissions with it than you would a regular debit or credit card?

Ta

 

[chrisd]

Post Office Travel Money card

https://www.postoffice.co.uk/travel-money/card

This ^^ for me

 

[Blue in Munich]

This ^^ for me

Because your pension is transferred straight in?

 

[gmc40]

Revolut. Link it to your U.K. account. Top up instantly, best exchange rates and can move money between currency at the touch of a button.

I live abroad now and used it when I first got here. The wife uses my card now as I have a local account but it’s so easy.

 

[Wolf]

A few people I know have spoken about Monzo a lot, might be worth looking into.

What he said...
Just transferred over to Monzo, spoke to there Cs staff as well no charge for any withdrawals abroad and guaranteed best exchange rate.

 

[chrisd]

Because your pension is transferred straight in?

and courtesy of my carer straight back out again 😣

 

[Blue in Munich]

and courtesy of my carer straight back out again 😣

A lovely lady, you’re punching above your weight there 👍

 

[chrisd]

still waiting for my bloody cheques

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You only stood in for 2 days and were pretty flippin useless as your mate found out 😁