spending Money abroad? interrailing in europe, dd, how should she organise

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when her sister went a few years ago she had a special card from nationwide.
is a normal bank card ok now?

Halifax do a credit card that doesn’t charge any fees when using it overseas - I’m in France this week and we’ve used contactless with this card everywhere, so I hate to think how much the fees would be if we’d been using a regular credit card. I think it’s called Halifax clarity.

oh not a credit card thanks
and dd does not have contactless

monzo card

You can buy a pre paid credit card.... you just put in however much you want and use it the same as a babk/credit card but no worries in going overdrawn etc as it won't let you and it's easy for you to top up at home for her when /if needed.

monzo is disappearing.

www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/banking/2018/01/monzo-to-ditch-its-prepaid-card-from-april

buy a pre paid credit card?
where from? the usual bank?

Dss used a revolut cars when he went inter railing. Its a free card that you top up and then use like a credit/debit card. You then manage it through an app so if it gets lost you can block it and transfer the money back into your bank account.

Exchange rates are good, have a look at Martin Lewis's website. It's one of the cards he recommends.

www.savethestudent.org/money/student-banking/prepaid-cards-how-they-work-tips-best-picks.html

This is quite informative.

The post office have a travel money card that you put money in to use abroad, need to be 18 though but perfect for travelling

AH she is 18, a trip to post office might be in order,
thanks
less than 10 days before she goes now though

just to check she has organised travel insurance and an ehic?

Seconding Revolut - super easy to manage via an app and you can use for free in most currencies (Post Office one has limited currencies if I remember right...).