cCils12
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 13 years ago
hi,
me and a group of friends are planning on interrailing for a month in summer. We;re planning on going to quite a few countries where the euro isnt the curreny (eg czech republic, serbia, croatia).
i was wondering what the best way to carry money was? By which i mean i do not want to exchange lots of different currencies before i go and have to carry it around with me, especically considering i dont know how much to spend in each place, or how long im staying.
I've looked around at a few cards and i understand that nationwide no longer offers free abroad withdrawals, which is a shame. So i was wonder what, now, is the best card to use abroad, or are there alternatives to debit cards?
thanks for the help
Lordmwa
Traveller
117 comments
norwich and peteborough will be who i will be using. as long as you make 5 transactions a month their lite current account and debit card offer 0% on all foreign currency transactions inlcuiding cash machines
cCils12
Traveller
1 comments
thats great, thanks for the reply! so i basically just pay the exchange rate with this?
what do they regard as a transaction, is it just any cash withdrawal or puchase. for example could i just buy 5 different things costing 50cents?
thanks
Lordmwa
Traveller
117 comments
I have applied for it now and it seems great - they use the i think visa exchange rate, not the best but no charges
Card transactions dont count towards the 5 but direct debits in and out do so im just going to set up weekly debits in and a monthly out to make 5 :D
I applied on the phone, really nice guy did the application and i got the forms to sign 2 days later 1st class today.