Travelex Currency Cards or Globe Card

cat1759

Hi
am new to the forum and wondering if anyone can advise? I have a specific question about the Travelex cash passport.

I'm leaving soon to do a round the world trip for 2 months. Will be going to Australia, New Zealand and USA. I'm thinking of getting a Travelex cash passport as i don't have time to apply for a credit card to use when i'm abroad and thinking it will be cheaper than using my barclays debit card to withdraw money.

I don't know whether to get one card - the Globe card, which i think can only be loaded with sterling. Or whether to get 3 different cards - the Currency Cards each loaded with the separate currencies of the countries i'm visiting.

Has anyone got any advice on this? My main priority is to save money on charges and get the best exchange rates. If it means carrying 3 cards instead of 1 to do this i don't mind. But am finding it difficult to compare the cards rates.

Thanks!

Cat

Stretlow

After advice on here I took the Globe card to Turkey last month, it's brilliant.

Load it with sterling. Costs 1.49% only for a transaction may it be POS or ATM and you get Mastercards exchange rate at the time of the transaction.

My mate was getting 2.5 Turkish Lira changing travellers cheques, I was getting 2.72.

They''ll also give you a second card free, you get all the fraud cover of a normal chip card and they will replace it (or get you the cash) anywhere in the world in 48 hours.

I'll never do anything else when travelling now.

Stret

cat1759

Thanks for your reply Stret!

wdw2003

Again following advice here, my daughter got the Globe card and has used it in France and SE Asia over the last couple of months with no problems. Strangely, when picking it up at the airport, the Travelex girl advised her that the Globe was mainly for business use and that the other card would be better, which didn't sound right to me. She stuck with the Globe and it was ideal and I'll be using it as well from now on.

The only downside is that it seems to require a £250 minimum top-up, which wasn't practical when she ran out of money. I had to put money into her bank account instead, which meant she then got a worse rate on withdrawals, which went against the grain.