Help! Where can I get travel money from?

dander

I was intending to order my Slovakian Korunas from the Post Office, but they have made their minimum order value £350!!! I don't need that much.

I found Travelex, but they are nowhere near me. I tried Thomas Cook, but they don't have Slovakian Korunas on their site and the contact us facility is broken. I don't have an M&S nearby with a Bureau d'Exchange.

I'm flying from Stansted but can't find any information on their site about what money-changing facilities are actually at the airport.

I'm starting to panic now - where on earth can I get the money from? I don't want to land in the country penniless and rely on finding cash points in the middle of night.

Incapuppy

Have you thought about trying a bank?

zfrl

The airport where you land will have a cash point. You can confirm before you go but most have at least one. I always get cash out in the country I am travelling to as then you don't have to carry large sums of money around.

dander

No I hadn't thought of trying a bank. Can you normally get foreign currency from banks then? Do you order it, or do they just have it there?

Incapuppy

dander wrote: »

No I hadn't thought of trying a bank. Can you normally get foreign currency from banks then? Do you order it, or do they just have it there?

You can if the branch in question has a foreign currency counter.

I would think the currency you require would need ordering as I can't imagine it is popular enough for most places to keep in stock.

I don't know if you can order foreign currency for delivery to any branch, regardless of whether they have a foreign exchange counter or not.

kforshaw

Re: Travelex Can you collect at the airport you're flying from?
As long as it's more than 24 hours (I think) in advance you can order from travelex to collect at the airport.
Just show the card you are paying on and your passport to collect.

pennylane99

kforshaw wrote: »

Re: Travelex Can you collect at the airport you're flying from?
As long as it's more than 24 hours (I think) in advance you can order from travelex to collect at the airport.
Just show the card you are paying on and your passport to collect.

theres no Travelex at Stansted

pennylane99

dander wrote: »

I was intending to order my Slovakian Korunas from the Post Office, but they have made their minimum order value £350!!! I don't need that much.

I found Travelex, but they are nowhere near me. I tried Thomas Cook, but they don't have Slovakian Korunas on their site and the contact us facility is broken. I don't have an M&S nearby with a Bureau d'Exchange.

I'm flying from Stansted but can't find any information on their site about what money-changing facilities are actually at the airport.

I'm starting to panic now - where on earth can I get the money from? I don't want to land in the country penniless and rely on finding cash points in the middle of night.

the £350 minimum order is only for online purchase, you can order less if you pop into a PO branch

dander

Thanks all, some really helpful bits there. Looks like I might go back to my first plan and go to the post office if the £350 is an online only thing. Phew!

PBA

pennylane99 wrote: »

theres no Travelex at Stansted

??????
There's a least 2 Travelex branches at Stansted, one landside and one airside in the main terminal, then I think there may be more in the satellite terminals. But anyways, they will rip you off. Look up on visa.com to see if there's an ATM in the airport where you arrive in Slovakia.

pennylane99

PBA wrote: »

??????
There's a least 2 Travelex branches at Stansted, one landside and one airside in the main terminal, then I think there may be more in the satellite terminals. But anyways, they will rip you off. Look up on visa.com to see if there's an ATM in the airport where you arrive in Slovakia.

well if you look on Travelex website on their list of locations, theres none at Stansted now

I know there used to be, but they went several months ago

alared wrote: »

Just phoned travelex and they confirmed that their office`s at Luotn and Stansted are now closed completely

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