Advice regarding using Travelex Cash Passport cards for travel

Sep 24, 2009 15:36

If you are a traveling to Europe and considering getting one of these debit cards to make life easier for you while there, my advice is don't! Figure out which of your credit cards charges the least amount of fees for international usage and just use it.

Further ranting and whining below the cut... )

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Travelex cards anonymous January 26 2010, 06:52:50 UTC
We have just come back from overseas and was charged card closing fee's and one card which has 7 pounds on it is totally useless as we will lose half of the value on closing the card or we can recharge it,but still be hit with 2 fee's .

Next time we will be using the old travellers cheque's less fee's, same security and full access to ALL of your money

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10 months on and Im still waiting... anonymous June 17 2010, 19:52:48 UTC
for my money from Travelex. Why oh why dp I continue to try to tewwk what had worked for 20 years of biz travel in Europe and Asia?

As much as Amex ticks me off from time to time:

1) Personal "disaster" insurance tied to homeowner's insurance, very inexpensive per year (like US$20)
2) Forget trying to save a little marginal expense - use Amex Travel whenever possible.
3) Some banks provide a VISA debit card that does not say "debit" on the card. Mine used to. As I'm on a personal crusade no to use retail credit, I just keep a second cash account with a VISA debit card.
4) AMEX, Amex, amex. Get and use local cash. In the 3rd world, use some "tradecraft" in your hotel room. One thing is to creatively hide 2 days worth of cash plus photocopies of your passport, visa, travel docs. You can trust the safes in 4-star hotels, maybe.
5) Maybe the days of walk-in, full service Amex offices are over, but their Travel Service is still great. Bad things do happen, and they can be very creative in helping you out.

Happy travels.

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Very good advise ext_2599354 May 24 2014, 13:06:02 UTC
I've just had a simalar experence and just want shut of this card, I should have never have been talked into taking it.

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