In 2020, can I post a birthday card with cash inside?

[BlingLoving]

Growing up, the annual receipt of cards with cash in them from family, locally and overseas, was a highlight at birthday time. I have various young family members who are now teenagers and I'd like to bring back the tradition - sending them books/ toys etc seems a bit silly now and they live in other countries so I have no idea what's appropriate. But... is it safe? If I stick some cash inside a card and post it to Europe, will it get there?

My sister lives in Belgium and I always send a birthday card to my nephews and niece with some cash inside. Never had a problem.

Family always sends money to dc, some of it from abroad. I’ve never had any go missing. Great grandparents even dropped a card in the Aldi car park a few months back, someone put a stamp on it, wrote a note to say where they’d found it and that they thought it must have been a birthday card so wanted to make sure it got to us...arrived with £20 still inside.

To Europe? Where do you live?

How would he know @ChocoChunk1?

I wouldn't do it. I was sent an Ikea voucher by my aunt inside my birthday card, it never got here. Then she sent me by registered post to be signed for a box with a present for my 1 year old, it never got here either (it was delivered to someone else, we have the name, but no idea to what address). She spent 15 pounds on postage and the Royal Mail washed their hands of it. So don't believe the guaranteed bit.

I wouldn't, I used to work at the post office and we had loads of people come in and complain that cards they posted had the money go missing. You're not covered for cash either so you can't claim it back.