Travel credit cards

[firman]

Me and the other half are off travelling for a year in may and have been looking at getting one of the many prepaid credit cards available as we feel the security aspect of having a card not linked to our bank account is an advantage just wondered if anyone has any experience with using them abroad and which ones are best?

[floydbax]

What a great idea, I am waiting to see anyones experience with these. I had a quick look and this site seems to give a good bit of info' : http://www.compareandsave.com/dealfinder/everyday-... although it would be good to hear some first-hand views on these.

[v15ben]

I've used an STA Travel Cashcard in the past - mainly because it was free! It was easy to use and accepted all over (in Croatia and Bosnia at least!)

I've heard good things about the Canton FX card and that'll be the one I'll try next

[amir_j]

firman said:

Me and the other half are off travelling for a year in may and have been looking at getting one of the many prepaid credit cards available as we feel the security aspect of having a card not linked to our bank account is an advantage just wondered if anyone has any experience with using them abroad and which ones are best?

Amex do one.

But why not just get travellers cheques? much more secure and replaceable if lost

[v15ben]

Depends where you go, but plenty of places either don't accept travellers cheques or charge a fair whack for the hassle it takes to cash them.

[aquarianone]

Just done the same thing myself (mainly to get round Ryainair's card charges)...

http://www.fairfx.com/ - should turn up some time this week hopefully!

[HOGEPH]

I've used FairFX with no problems.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.htm...

[firman]

Thanks for all the replies folks. Will look into the Fair FX ones.

Edited by firman on Tuesday 23 March 14:40