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However, with prepaid cards, the figure would have been \u00a3552 million. This would result in a collective saving of \u00a31.4 billion and an individual saving of \u00a331 per person, per trip. The savings could be even greater with new debit cards, such as Revolut and Starling, who charge no fees for foreign usage.<\/p><p>Currently, the most popular way of paying for goods abroad is with foreign currency bought at a bureau de change, with 59 percent of Brits doing this. Almost half (46 percent) of Brits use debit and credit cards, while only one in six (16 percent) uses a prepaid currency card.<\/p><p>Baby boomers are the most likely to use exchange bureaux when going away (67 percent), but they\u2019re the least likely to use prepaid currency cards (12 percent). In contrast, a fifth (19 percent) of millennials use prepaid currency cards abroad, making them the most likely to use this method.<\/p><p>To see more statistics and infographics on different payment methods abroad, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/international-money-transfers\/money-transfer-statistics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/money-transfer-statistics<\/span><\/a>.<\/p><p>Speaking about the findings, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jon Ostler, CEO at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">finder.com<\/span><\/a> commented: <em>\u201cWith many banks imposing charges and commission fees when you use your card abroad, the costs can quickly add up. You may well be aware that withdrawing money from a foreign ATM can result in charges but even a small purchase using contactless can see you being hit with disproportionate fees on some cards.<\/em><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPrepaid currency cards, and a few new debit or credit cards like Starling and Revolut, are a good alternative to consider. As our research shows, they generally cost a lot less than traditional cards or exchange bureaux, allowing you to spend more on your actual holiday. If you don\u2019t want to switch your credit card or leave your current bank, you could consider getting one of these cards just for your trips abroad.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><h3>Average fees per trip abroad for different payment methods<\/h3><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/finder-us\/wp-uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/ukftm-holiday-fees-per-trip.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"327\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/finder-us\/wp-uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/ukftm-holiday-fees-per-trip.jpg?fit=180 180w, https:\/\/www.finder.com\/finder-us\/wp-uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/ukftm-holiday-fees-per-trip.jpg?fit=360 360w, https:\/\/www.finder.com\/finder-us\/wp-uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/ukftm-holiday-fees-per-trip.jpg?fit=600 600w, https:\/\/www.finder.com\/finder-us\/wp-uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/ukftm-holiday-fees-per-trip.jpg?fit=900 900w, https:\/\/www.finder.com\/finder-us\/wp-uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/ukftm-holiday-fees-per-trip.jpg?fit=1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.finder.com\/finder-us\/wp-uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/ukftm-holiday-fees-per-trip.jpg?fit=2100 2100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methodology<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average fees per trip for each currency conversion method were calculated by:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/credit-cards\/outbound-tourism-statistics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">average spend per trip<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to the ONS<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recalculating it to exclude transaction fees<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiplying this by that method\u2019s average exchange rate to get the amount received in the foreign currency. The average exchange GBP to EUR exchange rate for five popular providers of each method was used.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Converting this back into pounds using the mid-market rate<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding the difference between the figures found in (4) and (1).<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The overall average fee per trip was then found by multiplying each method\u2019s average fee, by the proportion of people who use that method, according to our own survey results.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was then multiplied by the total number of trips taken in 2017 according to the ONS to get the total amount spent in fees.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finder.com also commissioned Onepoll to carry out a nationally representative survey of adults aged 18+.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A total of 2,477 people were questioned throughout Great Britain, with representative quotas for gender, age and region. <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The research was conducted between 8 and 13 June 2018.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jon Ostler, CEO (UK) at finder.com is available for comment, opinion or interview regarding the research<\/span><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research from personal finance comparison site finder.com reveals that holidaymakers using debit and credit cards abroad are being charged nearly five times as much (388 percent) in fees as those who use a prepaid currency card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":598,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3788],"tags":[],"asset_tag":[],"class_list":["post-141080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.9 (Yoast SEO v24.9) - 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