Travellers Cheques...

feeringo

I am going on holiday in 1 week, and need some travellers cheques.

I have just used 'moneysavingexpert' to look at euro currency conversion.

I just wnadered if anyone can post a link, if there is somewhere when I can search for the best traveller's cheques rates (On mse)

Thanks,

Dom

feeringo

Anyone?????

arealbasketcase

it's not MSE but:

http://www.moneysupermarket.com/travel-money/

this might help.

dmg24

Do you really need travellers cheques?

arealbasketcase

fair point, dmg, I never use them, mainly because it's a pain having to get them exchanged.

Are you going somewhere that doesn't have a hard currency, if so, take some US dollars, even though the dollar isn't strong they still seem to be a universal currency!

bringmeshoes

i always take travellers cheques for the reason that they are insured if they go missing
i get stirling cheques from the post office and change the abroad, i always find you get a better deal doing it this way

hammy_the_hammer

bringmeshoes wrote: »

i always take travellers cheques for the reason that they are insured if they go missing
i get stirling cheques from the post office and change the abroad, i always find you get a better deal doing it this way

better deal than what?

dzug1

bringmeshoes wrote: »

i always take travellers cheques for the reason that they are insured if they go missing

True - their only redeeming feature

i get stirling cheques from the post office and change the abroad, i always find you get a better deal doing it this way

Garbage. You get the worst of both worlds - commission to buy them and commission/fees/exchange rate spread when you cash them - and in some parts of the world difficulty in finding somewhere to change them at all