Travel money cards offer a safe and secure way of carrying money whilst on holiday. Unlike normal credit and debit cards you cannot overspend with a travel prepaid card and this is why this type of card has become so popular with so many different kinds of international travellers.
With a travel money card you load currency onto a card at a pre-agreed rate and can use it to spend whilst overseas.
Many businesses have found issuing travel money cards to their employees as a successful way of allowing their staff to spend whilst oversees without having to incur the charges of using a British credit or debit card whilst abroad. Likewise many parents have bought their children a travel prepaid card for their gap year as it will help to keep their costs down whilst abroad. A prepaid card also offers a far safer way of carrying a large amount of money whilst abroad. If your prepaid travel money card is lost the provider will replace it within a short period of time.
The number of prepaid travel money cards available is growing with more and more companies offering great deals on prepaid cards which can be used abroad. At Compare Currency we have compiled a table of the leading currency card providers. You can use the table to compare exchange rates and withdraw fees. Some of the best travel money cards included in the table are the Caxton FX card, the Virgin prepaid card, the fairfx.com card and the cash passport issued by Travelex. Simply click here to compare Travelex exchange rates against the other leading currency rates today.
Finding the best free prepaid card
Some travel prepaid card providers offer free card issue and do not charge withdraw fees for taking money out of ATM machines abroad. Whilst these offers are fantastic it is important to compare the exchange rates offered by these card providers against the exchange rates available on currency cards with fees. If the exchange rates offered are uncompetitive you may lose more money than if you had to pay a fee each time you made a withdraw.
Prepaid cards will either have a VISA or a MasterCard sign on them and can be used in any shop, restaurant or ATM machine where the relevant sign is displayed. Most cards can be topped up online or by telephone which means that your card can be topped up where ever you are in the world either by you or by a relative.
Prepaid cards are available in the following currencies, Euro prepaid card, US Dollar prepaid card, New Zealand dollar prepaid card, Australian dollar prepaid cards and South African Rand Prepaid cards. If you are travelling to a country that does not use any of the currencies listed here you can take a British pound prepaid currency card abroad with you and your funds will be converted into the local currency each time you make a withdrawal abroad.
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Alternatively our travel money table allows you to compare travel money providers to find the best travel money exchange rate.
