Help----- advice needed

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Going aboard soon, haven't been aboard recently and can't remember what we did last time wrt currency. Is it best to take euro traveller cheques or sterling traveller cheques.

best of all, imo, is to take your cashpoint card... most banks in Europe now charge a fortune in commission and cashpoints are more convenient. Unless you're going somewhere really off the beaten track!

We were in France a few weeks ago and were advised not to take travellers cheques as you have to cash them at a bank. unlike in the USA and Canada where you can just use them as cash.

In the end we took a few travellers cheques, some euros in cash and we had our cards with us.
came back with the t/cheques as there was nowhere to spend them where we were staying. We used some of our euros and the credit card once to pay for our chalet and the debit card to pay for some supermarket shopping. in fact spent very little money at all, cheapest holiday I've ever been on.

sorry travellers cheques were in euros

I wouldn't bother with travellers cheques,they are a pain. I would take euros and /or a cash card.

Don't use the travellers cheques regardless - they are a pain and some places do not accept them.

You're better off taking a bit of cash to last you a couple of days along with your debit and credit cards.

The nationwide current account is deffo the best thing to use, no charges for cashpoint withdrawels abroad and good exchange rates.

Take some cash with you too but only up to the amout covered in your travel insurance policy. If you feel you need travellers cheques for safety reasons the Sterling ones are the best as you can just pay them straight into your bank if you don't spend them.
Official advice we gave when i worked in the exchange bureau was a third currency a third travellers cheques and a third cash card!

I personally take Nationwide card and some foreign currency plus some sterling currency no travellers cheques!