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Using Visa Debit Abroad vs Currency Exchange?
freelancesam
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HI, I'm travelling to italy in a few days and can't decide whether it will be best to transfer spending money (£500) into Euro's and risk carrying it around (with risk of a lot of pickpockets etc.) or do I just take a few euro's and use my HSBC Visa Debit at ATM's Shops when I get there?
I have a HSBC Advanced account so I only have to worry about a 2.75% non-sterling fee.
What should I do?
I have a HSBC Advanced account so I only have to worry about a 2.75% non-sterling fee.
What should I do?
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Evolution, not revolution0
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In my experience paying a fee of around 3% works out cheaper than the best rate you can get exchanging cash. Just make sure they don't charge an ATM fee on top.0
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