Sending money to Australia

tiamaria

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, don't really know where to post it!

I want to send some money to my cousin in Australia, what's the easiest/most economic way to do this?

Many thanks

pcombo

you could try western union, money gram, international payment from your bank, cheque, paypal, moneybookers, Prepaid mastercard i.e load it then send the card to australia.

Jeff_Bridges_hair

Online bank transfer from your account to theirs.

macman

Would help if you said what sort of money your are sending. £ sterling or Aus $?

tiamaria

She's buying a present on my behalf for another relative out there so i want to pay her back.

alanclarke

Have a look at https://www.fxcompared.com

VoucherMan

Whenever sending money to the USA my father tells me that Paypal is his preferred method. Simple, safe and comparatively cheap.

tiamaria

Blimey! My bank wants £25 - almost as much as what I'm sending. I will try globalwebpay found on the above link for £4.75. I don't think she has Paypal sadly - sure that would be much easier!

AirCooledHeaven

paypal would be easiest, and you can also elect to pay the charges on her behalf.

tiamaria

She's opened a Paypal account, how do i elect to pay the charges, is there a box to tick somewhere?

Will she have to have a minimum amount in her account to get her money?
Tia

j.e.j.

If you've both got a PayPal account you just need to put in her paypal email address as your payee and she should get the money.

I recently paid someone in Australian $ through PayPal. They charge a small amount for currency conversion (I forget exactly how much, but on £25 I don't think it'll be a huge amount)

I'm not sure how much she needs to have in her PayPal account before she can transfer funds, but the website should say?