ATMs in Menorca - specifically Cala n' Bosch

mike23

Hi,

I'm travelling to Menorca with my family in a couple of weeks and was thinking of using ATMs for the first time abroad (always used travellers cheques before).

I have a Nationwide debit card and understand that this is a good choice however, was wondering if anybody had any experience of ATMs in Cala n' Bosch. For example, how many are there, are they reliable etc.

Was planning on taking a couple of hundred in euros and relying on ATMs for the rest of my stay.

Was just a little concerned about ATM's breaking down, running out of money if there's not many and being stuck.

Would be grateful for any advice.

Thanks.

welshmoneylover

I've used my nationwide card for cash withdrawals in Magaluf and last week Alcudia, didn't have a problem at all.

I did take some cash with me about 200 euros just in case though, but atms are pretty frequent over there under the name of Telebanco.

hth

davetrousers

When using foreign ATMs it will offer to do the conversion (say you're withdrawing 100 euros it will say that this will cost £XX ) say NO to this as this will be lower than the actual rate you'll get through Nationwide.

Remember Travellers Cheques will be replaced if lost or stolen to you on holiday. A lost Nationwide card will only be replaced to your home address!

mike23

davetrousers wrote: »

When using foreign ATMs it will offer to do the conversion (say you're withdrawing 100 euros it will say that this will cost £XX ) say NO to this as this will be lower than the actual rate you'll get through Nationwide.

Remember Travellers Cheques will be replaced if lost or stolen to you on holiday. A lost Nationwide card will only be replaced to your home address!

So would you recommend travellers cheques then? I have a joint account so have 2 cards so hopefully if I lose one or it gets stolen, will have the other. Also, I have a credit card which I would use if necessary.

My main concern was the reliability/number of ATMS in the resort.

apt

You can look up the location of the ATMs that will take the NW debit card here http://www.visaeurope.com/personal/findacashmachine/main.jsp

There look to be 71 in Menorca, two in Calan Bosch.

davetrousers

mike23 wrote: »

So would you recommend travellers cheques then?

Lots of people on here don't recommend them , but imo they do offer some additional security. At the expense of a lower exchange rate and fee converting them to cash.

The choice is yours.

PS I have 400 euros worth of Travellers cheques I bought at 1.434 a few years ago. I feel pretty smug about that now.