Travelex Travel Money
Find out more about Travelex's travel money options with our useful guide.
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Travelex Group is a foreign exchange company based in London. Its main businesses are international payments, but it also issues prepaid credit cards for use by travellers. It’s the biggest foreign exchange bureau in the world.
Read on to find out more about what Travelex has to offer, and whether you should get your travel money through them before you go abroad.
Travelex’s Money Card is a prepaid card that you can use abroad. Here’s a step by step guide to how the process works:
Here’s a list of some of the main currencies that are and aren’t available with Travelex:
For your security as well as Travelex’s, there are some limits on how much you can load onto your Travelex Money Card – and how much you can carry on your card at once.
Minimum you can load: £50 in store £100 online, or equivalent in other currencies.
Maximum you can load in one year: £30,000 or equivalent in other currencies. This means that you cannot load more than £30,000 during any given year.
Maximum you can carry at one time: £5,000.
Remember, it’s free to load your Travelex Money card.
Perhaps the biggest downfall of Travelex is the fact that you have to wait for your card to arrive. This takes 3-5 days.
Travelex can be a great option if you’re planning a trip in advance, but less convenient for those who forget their travel money and need a quick solution just before they jet off.
Money is uploaded securely through your bank’s online payment services – so this aspect of the transfer is totally secure.
Here’s a table of the fees you can expect to pay in certain situations with the Travelex Money Card.
Fee Charged | |
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Card Fee | FREE |
Additional Card Fee | £5 |
Loading Money | Free for FX loads, 2% for GBP |
Using your card: UK | £1.50 |
Using your card: International | FREE |
Replacement Card | FREE |
Inactivity Fee | £2 per month after a year of inactivity |
Foreign Exchange Fee | 5.75% |
Currency Transfer Fee | Foreign exchange rate applies, varies |
Shortfall Fee | £10 |
Cash over the counter fee | £4 |
ATM withdrawals: UK | £1.50 |
ATM withdrawals: International | FREE |
Cash out via Card Services | £6 |
Cash out at the purchase location | Check with the purchase location |
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I NEED TO APPLY FOR A TRAVELEX MASTERD CARD ,NEED TO KNOW HOW I CAN DO IT ,,, A.S.A.P, PLEASE THAM]NK YOU GEORGE,
Hi George,
Thank you for reaching out to Finder.
The page we are on offers you a link to be routed to the provider’s website where you could start applying for the Travelex card. Please click on the green “Go to site” button to get started. Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Reggie
Which is the best prepaid debit card to use in Hong Kong, Singapore and Phillippines?
Hi Peter,
Thank you for your comment.
Since Singapore and Philippines are in Southeast Asia, you can check the prepaid travel money guide on this page for Southeast Asia.
In addition, Travelex Travel Money Card can also be used in the three countries you mentioned above. Just load it with the currencies you want to use. Please refer to the steps above on how to load your Travelex Travel Money card and how to obtain one.
Should you wish to have real-time answers to your questions, try our chat box on the lower right corner of our page.
Regards,
Jhezelyn
I am a card holder in west Croydon I want the address in west Croydon to load my card I will ber much appreciated if u direct me to the nearest traveled in Croydon. thanks
Hi Enoch,
Thank you for leaving a question.
The closest Travelex store is Travelex UK Ltd Tower Hill London EC3N 4AB. The shop is located opposite the main entrance to the Tower of London next to the gift shop. Note: Branch is closed between 12pm to 1pm daily. Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Reggie