Archive for March, 2011

Post Office Travel Money Card

ShareThe Post Office Travel Money Card is currently not avaliable to apply for as it is being relauched very soon. If you are an exisiting card holder this will have creased working on the 14th of Feb. If you have any questions regarding the card you can call 0845 850 0077. Look out for the [...]

Advantages and Disadvantages of Prepaid Travel cards

SharePrepaid travel cards offer many advantages over credit and debit cards – but it is also worth knowing both the pro’s and con’s of them before you apply for one. The Benefits Budgeting A prepaid travel card works by you topping it up with money – therefore they are great for budgeting as you can [...]

Prepaid ATM Cards (Cashmachine cards)

ShareVirtually all prepaid cards that are avaliable in the UK offer the facility to withdraw your cash from an ATM (cashmachine). Are there any catches? If you are withdrawing your cash some prepaid cards will charge you a fee to take it out from a cashmachine so check the fine print before you decide which [...]

Travel Prepaid Cards Explained

ShareOver the last year the number of prepaid debit cards on the market has increased and with this comes some great opportunities to grab the best value for money when you are either exchanging foreign currency or spending it abroad using a prepaid card. What is a prepaid travel card? Prepaid cards are relatively new [...]

Virgin Prepaid Travel Money Card

ShareThe Virgin Prepaid Travel Money Card is a Visa backed card that you can load with currency to then spend when you are away. The card comes in a US Dollar version or a Euro version. Taking a prepaid card abroad is increasingly becoming the method of choice for carrying currency for the following reasons. [...]

Lebara prepaid mastercard Launches

ShareLebara the low cost mobile call service has now launched the Lebara prepaid mastercard. The card offers customers a ‘two card’ facility which will give the sender and receiver security and control over the finances. Money is free to load onto the card as well as free to make card to card sending and cash [...]

My Travel Cash US Dollar Card

ShareYou can apply to the My Travel cash US Dollar Prepaid card for free below and receive the following benefits. Exchange Pounds to US Dollars online and withdraw cash abroad using a MasterCard prepaid card. Discount internet exchange rates mean that you could save £43 for every £500 changed. Designed to be a cheap alternative [...]

My Travel Cash Euro Prepaid Card

ShareYou can apply to the My Travel cash Euro Prepaid card for free below and receive the following benefits. Exchange Sterling to Euros online which you can then withdraw when you are abroad. Part of the Mastercard system so can be used a 30million outlets. Used properly means you could save £37 for every £500 [...]

My Travel Cash Prepaid Card

Sharemy Travel Cash is a prepaid card on the Mastercard system. Offering better exchange rates than the airport or high street can, this is a SAFE, cost effective way of carrying your holiday money with you abroad. The my Travel Cash card works exactly like a debit/credit card which means you can use it to [...]

Thomson Travel Money Prepaid MasterCard

ShareThe Thomson Travel Money Prepaid MasterCard® (TMC) offers a safe way to take your holiday money abroad without the need to use an expensive credit or debit card. With the Thomson Travel Card there are no commission charges or fees with purchases. The exchange rate is also fixed at the time of purchase so you [...]