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dzug

samsoft17 wrote: »

i am buying travel money from travelex online using hsbc debit card.
will hsbc debit card charge me any cash advance fee for buying travel money worth £600 ?

Please help.

Regards

From elsewhere on this site:

[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Debit cards that DO charge a fee

Abbey
Alliance & Leicester
Barclays
Cahoot
Co-op
Lloyds TSB
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Debit cards that DON'T charge a fee

Coventry BS
First Direct
Halifax
HSBC
Intelligent Finance
Nationwide
Natwest
RBS [/FONT]

evo9

got from Barclays for ease if bringing currency back - I have and the exchange rate is so bad it will cost me £50 which is about 12.5%!!!! Does anyone know where I can change at a better rate please?

dzug

evo9 wrote: »

got from Barclays for ease if bringing currency back - I have and the exchange rate is so bad it will cost me £50 which is about 12.5%!!!! Does anyone know where I can change at a better rate please?

Maybe M&S

Or find a friend who is going (difficult maybe......) and sell to them

Buyback rates are often - nay always poor.

Biscuits

Just wanted to point out the list of cards on the article (http://travelmoney.moneysavingexpert.com/) are quite out of date. The Halifax one should definitely be in the other column (DOES charge), at least.

I've not read any of the above, but just wanted to point this out. There doesn't seem to be a "wrong information / error" e-mail contact.

edit: nevermind, I've just realised it's referring to "Cash advance fees" for buying from an exchange house, rather than "currency conversion fees" for using the card.

Crabman

There's an email address here:

Spotted a new provider/technical problem/error? Let us know at [EMAIL="travelmoneymaximiser@moneysavingexpert.com"]travelmoneymaximiser@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL]

Biscuits

Thanks Crabman, although I've realised I misunderstood the fee it was talking about.

I've corrected my post now. :rolleyes:

silvahorace

I have been contacted by a company called travel counsellors they do seem to be genuine as they have atol number have any one used them ?www.travelcounsellors.co.uk

alared

With the euro/pound at a record low of about 1-28, even at Travelex,it`ll be cheaper to holiday at home!

bullinn1

Ok I know this is an impossible question but is the euro going to strengthen or weaken ? Of course if anyone new they could be worth a fortune but has anyone any 'feelings' - it seems to be strengthening by the day - I need £2,500 in euros in June and could order from Crown Currency at (I think, I'm waiting for confirmation) 1.31, but of course I'll need to take the money out of my interest payng savings account ! (Isn't life complicated) - PS why's Crown Currency not on Maximiser ?

alared

I have been buying euros on a regular basis since they were first introduced at the start of 2002.
Only last summer I could get 1-47 from Travelex.

The current rate of 1-28 is the lowest I have ever seen,in fact,today at the post office, it`s a miserly 1-2645.

The so-called experts predict it`s going to fall even further over the coming months so mabe 1-31 for June is a good deal

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who knows?

I`ve given up bothering and intend to stay in this country for my hols.
Massive heatwave predicted for the summer and bad weather all over Europe