Travel Money Cards are fast becoming the most popular way of carrying holiday money safely and securely whilst providing all the benefits that one would expect from using money on a plastic card. However, even though prepaid cards are excellent for travel abroad, there are a few things that you should be aware of when using prepaid travel money cards abroad.
- Choose the Currency Card that suits your needs – Some prepaid currency cards come with free ATM and others have a better exchange rates. Choose the currency card which suits your needs best. Free ATM is useful if you are going on a long trip but on a short trip, you may actually be better off with a travel money card which gives you a better FX rate.
- Load your card when you get the best FX Rate – Currency rates fluctuate daily. You should load your currency card when the rate suits you best to make sure you get the maximum spend money for your travels at the best exchange rate. Read the rest of this entry »
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As Brits grow more adventurous and travel beyond the America’s and Europe, the market for Sterling prepaid cards has also started growing in popularity as well. Sterling currency cards are prepaid currency cards on which the main transactional currency is GBP Sterling.
UK Currency cards are generally available in Euro, Dollar and Sterling although some providers now provide travel money cards in South African Rand and Australian Dollars as well. It is usually ideal to purchase a travel card in the currency of your travel destination but if you are unable to find a card that matches your travel destinations transactional currency, it is best to get a sterling prepaid currency card.
Why Get a Sterling Prepaid Card
Overseas fraud cost Brits over £122.7m in card fraud losses according to APACS figures in 2009 and hence, getting a prepaid card for overseas travel is highly recommended. However, if you are travelling outside of Euro or USD region or if you are planning to travel to a Read the rest of this entry »
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Prepaid Travel Cards or Travel Money Cards represent one of the most popular ways of spending money on your holiday safely and securely especially when you are abroad. But what exactly are these prepaid travel money cards and why are they so useful?
Well, prepaid travel cards work just like regular prepaid cards in all respects. This means that you load cash onto these travel prepaid cards and can only spend as much money as you have loaded and is available on the card. However, there is one significant difference between prepaid travel credit cards and a normal prepaid debit card being that travel money cards are typically available in foreign currency which ideally should match the currency of your holiday destination. Read the rest of this entry »
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- Wins ‘Best travel prepaid card’ at 2011 Prepaid365 Card Awards
The Caxton FX Prepaid Currency Card, one of the UK’s most popular prepaid travel cards, has been announced as the winner in the Best Travel Prepaid Card category at the 2011 Prepaid365 Prepaid Card Awards. This is the third year in a row (2009, 2010, 2011) that consumers have voted for the Caxton FX Prepaid Currency Card as their first choice of prepaid travel card.
Launched in 2007, the Caxton FX prepaid currency card was the first to make launch a free prepaid currency card, and the first to abolish ATM fees abroad.
Andrew Swailes, Head of Communications, Caxton FX: “The Caxton FX card was the first of its kind, and ever since then we have strived to continue to offer a unique product in what is now an immensely competitive field. I am delighted that Caxton FX has been recognised as the market leader. We have always tried to put the customer first and make their life as easy as possible – since the day we started the greatest percentage of card sign-ups has come through clients recommending our card.” Read the rest of this entry »
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The collapse of Crown Currency Exchange, a travel cash supplier based in Cornwall, is getting increasing coverage in the media. So who are Crown Currency and should this collapse worry customers of other online travel money providers?
Stephen Heath, Chief Executive of prepaid currency card specialist FairFX.com explained: “In the travel money marketplace there are 4 main ways that people spend overseas. These are:-
- Travel Cash – either bought at a Bureau de Change or sent in the post
- Travellers Cheques – decreasing in volumes and very “old economy”
- Prepaid Cards – rapidly increasing market sector (including the FairFX $, Euro and £ Anywhere Cards)
- £ Debit and Credit Cards – simply spending using a £ Sterling card and incur the fees from currency conversion
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