Paying Apartment Deposits

sheffix

We've just reserved an apartment for February half term but the owner wants an "Ingresso" paying into a bank account in Spain. I assume that the ingresso is subsequently deducted from the total cost. Is that the case?

However, my main problem is in transferring the money. It seems to cost upwards of £25 just to do a bank transfer of 150 euros. I've emailed to ask if we can pay by CC or Paypal or even on arrival and await his response.

Does anyone know of a cheaper or alternative way of doing this or is that par for the course?

TIA

Steve

sheffix

Has anyone found a cheap way to transfer money to a bank abroad?

dogsnob

I've just hit the same problem. Owner wanted money wiring straight to his bank account and I didn't fancy that both because of the cost (£25 like you say) and possible fraud.

He wouldn't take VISA, but would take a cheque so maybe this is an option for you. You can get one drawn in Euros from your bank and send it on.

In the end, I plumped for sending Euros in cash by Airsure via my local post office. I know there is a risk it would go missing/get stolen, but I sent the minimum amount I could and paid the extra 50p for extra insurance. The package is traceable all the way through the system and compensation is payable if it goes missing.

Details on https://www.royalmail.com - the total cost for me was £5.57 and it got there in about 3 days.

I appreciate this is a bit risky, but hope it helps anyway.

budgetflyer

You can use a credit or debit card to send an online payment with Western Union
https://www.westernunion.co.uk/info/homePage.asp?country=GB

This can be accessed and drawn out at a local agent at the other end.
Can't find any indication of charges though