Going to thailand next year, help needed

henke53

Next year i am going to thailand from march up until christmas when i will return to the UK. i have visited twice this year already and am going back soon and have always used a post office money travel card.

I currently only have a clydesdale bank account and was looking for some advice.

Basically what will be the cheapest way for me to access my money while i'm away?

somebody told me that the nationwide don't charge you a penny to take out money over there so if this is true could i just open up an account with them and transfer my money across?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers

henke53

Is there somewhere else on this forum this thread might be better posted?

Baldur

henke53 wrote: »

somebody told me that the nationwide don't charge you a penny to take out money over there so if this is true could i just open up an account with them and transfer my money across?

From 1st June, there is now a 1% Visa fee on Nationwide's Flex a/c Debit Card outside the Visa Europe sphere of operations but (currently) no fee on the Cash Card a/c Cirrus Card.

Read "Commission-free card use abroad" and subsequent links HERE.

I have used my NW Flex account virtually only for ATM withdrawals abroad for years and have always received an excellent rate of exchange.

henke53

cheers baldur. still not sure what to do?