cheapest ways to take money abroad

[rutabowa]

england to mexico specifically.
Is it changing a lot in england? Or taking a visa debit? or some other clever way.

 

[TruXta]

Use Visa whenever you can to pay for shit. Otherwise change money here I reckon.

 

[rutabowa]

Use Visa whenever you can to pay for shit. Otherwise change money here I reckon.

that sounds to make sense. no doubt i will have to take money out at some point though, i guess enquiring with my bank would be a good idea.

 

[TruXta]

that sounds to make sense. no doubt i will have to take money out at some point though, i guess enquiring with my bank would be a good idea.

AFAIK when you pay with CC it doesn't incur a massive charge, which it most often does when you take cash out abroad. But yeah, talk to your bank.

 

[Pickman's model]

carry it on as hand luggage, don't put it in the hold

 

[Supine]

Cashpoint using your normal debit card?

 

[Yu_Gi_Oh]

Call your bank and make sure they unlock your card for global use, otherwise they might block it and you wont be able to use it at the cash point. I usually take enough cash to survive the first 24 hours anyway, as my bank are shit and have said they'll unlock my card and then haven't. Although if they do fuck-up you can make them give you compensation when you get home.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Happened to me a couple of times.

 

[nadia]

It happens, but be aware that banks use it as an excuse to sell you travel insurance.

 

[zenie]

Depends where you're going too...if you're going to rural Mexico will they want you paying by card for lots of stuff? The retailer/merchant gets charged quite a whack for you to pay by card. I still got charged for using Visa debit abroad, only a small % but keep it in mind.

I'd look at cash/travellers cheques myself - I only take cash out of an ATM near the end when I'm sure I need it.

 

[1927]

Visa credit or debit is way to go, you will get a much better exchange than buying cash as they use their muscle to settle their accounts using the internationla money markets and buy in much bigger numbers.