30 Sep 2010 10:10 PM:

 Sorry, must have been brain dead. I guess they make their money on the cash usually left on the card at the end of your hol as it gets no interest and you lose a lot changing back. It´s hard to judge how much to take on holiday so most people take too much. Shame it´s only available for UK residents (proof of address needed) and by debit card ( credit card is 3% extra).

It all depends on the amount you want to transfer as something like the Caxton card has a max of €7500 and other posters were talking of much larger sums.

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30 Sep 2010 8:32 PM:

The Caxton Euro card has been mentioned by a poster as a "free" card with an excellent exchange rate. But its website clearly states that each transaction in a different currency whether through an ATM or in a shop, carries a charge of 2.5%. That makes a wonderful exchange rate of 1.20 suddenly become in reality 1.17!

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