Cheapest way to transfer 200 euros to Austrian bank account?

littlesnuggy

Hi,

I need to pay a 200 Euro deposit to a hotel in Austria by 10th Dec - what would the cheapest way of going about this?

Between my boyfriend and I, we have current accounts with:
Nationwide
HSBC
A&L
Halifax
Natwest

I've got all the hotel's bank details, but have no idea how to go about doing an international transfer - I've heard Nationwide charge £25, and I found on the A&L website that it's £16.

Is there any cheaper way of doing it, where the money goes straight to the recipients bank account, not e.g. a paypal account?

Thanks!

jakketje2003

Hi,

I dont know if my answer will be of any use but i'll just post it anyways

I'm from Belgium and my bf is from the uk. To make an international transfer without any charges i needed the IBAN and BIC code from my bf's account. So i think if you can get hold of that information about the account you need to make the transfer to that that will solve your problem.

I make my transfers without losing a cent.

Hope this helped you

greetings,

jakketje

gt94sss2

littlesnuggy wrote: »

Is there any cheaper way of doing it, where the money goes straight to the recipients bank account, not e.g. a paypal account?

HSBC charge £9 and you can send the money via their internet banking service as a 'WorldPay' payment.

To qualify for a world pay payment you will need the following information:

• the full name of beneficiary
• the name of their bank and the city or town of their branch
• the national bank code (this is the equivalent of your branch sort code)
• the beneficiary account number

Otherwise, would the hotel accept payment by credit or debit card? Even if you don't have a Nationwide or Post Office card, that might be cheaper..

Regards
Sunil

littlesnuggy

Thanks for the replies! They apparently don't have the 'cardholder not present' facility on their credit card machine, so whilst we can pay the balance on credit card (I've got a Nationwide one so no charges ) when we leave, the deposit has to be some sort of bank transfer.

HSBC seems to be the cheapest, so I'll try that on Monday.