wedding in cyprus- card or hard currency?

budfly

Hi i am getting married next month in Cyprus. I was wonder about paying for the reception. Would i be best to convert the estimated amount into euros and take that with us or is it better to just pay using a Halifax debit card?
Thanks in advance

Gloomendoom

I wouldn't use a Halifax debit card as you may incurr some hefty charges.

I would most definitely use a Halifax Clarity credit card if they will take it (despite the financial troubles earlier in the year, there are no problems using cards in Cyprus.) You are very likely to get the best possible exchange rate by doing so. However, you will pay interest on the amount at a rate of just less than ¼% a week so the sooner you pay off the outstanding balance the better. If you use online banking, it is perfectly possible to do this within an hour of using the card. We have done it.

RainbowDrops

Credit card all the way - you have so much more protection!

keviedonnelly

I'm in a sort of similar situation; We're in N.Ireland and getting married over the border in the Republic. I need to pay a deposit of €1000 for the wedding. I tried to transfer £715 today via Santander online banking but it wouldn't let me, it kept highlighting an issue with the account code I was providing

So I'll probably just ring up and pay by credit card but I'm wondering if there's a better alternative that i'm not thinking of that'll avoid foreign currency charges?

Gloomendoom

Can you get yourself a Halifax Clarity credit card? If so, there won't be any foreign currency charges.

Ruby_Roo

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Can you get yourself a Halifax Clarity credit card? If so, there won't be any foreign currency charges.

Or a Post Office card I wouldn't do a foreign transaction without it.