By the end of the winter people can start feeling the need to plan a vacation in order to recharge their batteries. A holiday to somewhere warm can also be a good motivator to keep people charged for the temperamental British spring months ahead. Using a prepaid card can make holiday cash stretch that little bit further by keeping exchange rate costs down which can bring a summer getaway closer into reach.
Customers of the Cashplus prepaid Gold MasterCard can link their GBP and foreign currency prepaid accounts, meaning they can get access to foreign currency quickly and easily whilst travelling. A further benefit to this means that if any money is leftover at the end of the vacation it can be simply transferred back into their GBP Cashplus account.
These linked currency cards offer excellent exchange rates compared to High Street foreign currency providers and the Cashplus card doesn’t charge any commission fees. As well as via bank transfer, a Cashplus card can be topped up at over 1000 retail locations, via ePay outlets and at any UK Post Office® branch nationwide.
With savings already started before the travels have begun, the benefits keep on growing when the holiday is underway. As the Cashplus card is a prepaid MasterCard card, it is accepted at over 30 million locations worldwide and wherever the MasterCard acceptance mark is displayed. Consumers can rest assured that purchases can be made quickly and securely in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. They can also benefit from the knowledge that purchases made while using a prepaid currency card won’t accrue interest charges.
When travelling, it can be safer not to carry large amounts of cash or travellers cheques in person. With a prepaid currency card, spending money can be added to the card account at the beginning of a trip and then accessed at ATMs once at their destination. To enhance this, Cashplus currency cards don’t have additional fees for withdrawing cash at ATMs while abroad, offering a tangible saving to the customer compared to other card payment methods. Preloading money can also be a good way of helping consumers stick to a budget while on holiday.
No matter how careful a traveller is, sometimes payment cards can be lost or stolen while abroad. Prepaid currency cards from Cashplus offer useful benefits to mitigate the effects of such an eventuality. Cashplus offer the possibility of having a lost or stolen card replaced free of charge as well as any money loaded onto it (as long as it has been used in accordance with the terms & conditions). There is also the option of applying for an additional card, which can be kept in a safe place (for example in a hotel room) to act as a back-up card should the main card be misplaced or stolen.
Therefore excellent exchange rates, no ATM fees charged by Cashplus when used abroad, no monthly fee, or purchase fee for currency cards all work towards reducing the cost of spending while on holiday. When compared to more traditional ways of holiday spending, namely cash, travellers cheques, or credit cards, a prepaid card has numerous advantages. Peace of mind and ease of use mean that customers can enjoy escaping the winter weather without worrying about additional and unnecessary costs when they return.
