Can you use American gift vouchers here in the UK?

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MIL wants to buy the kids gift vouchers for Xmas. She lives in America and has suggested Toys r us and Disney store as they have outlets here.
The only problem is that I can't see how a British Toys r us would accept an American Dollar voucher
Any idea what MIL could do?

could she give you the money to buy vouchers for somewhere here?

The amount that she will send will be eaten up by the exchange rate!
I dunno, I think she has just left it too late for sending a gift

She could buy vouchers online for amazon.co.uk? Or does she "do" online?

You can buy (UK) Toys R Us vouchers online, too.

could she transfer the money straight into your bank account? i think she'd still have to pay a fee... but might be easier

I don't know, she is a bit odd. I have to call her back soon.

not accepted as far as i know because they are in dollars not sterling. can she not hop along to a post office and get a couple of tenners instead?

send sterling travellers cheques?
you can definitely do something on amazon as dh has been sent it by an american friend - they key is that it comes electronically by email rather than by post (too late to mail now anyway to get to you by xmas)

I was confused by the amazon one, did your DH buy something off the US site then?
The small print says that you can't use the gift certificates on amazon.co.uk

I think the problem is that maybe she doesn't have a credit card and just wanted to go and buy a voucher.

Try Gap? I'm sure they have a worldwide exchange policy so possibly a owrldwide voucher policy too?

Have spoken to MIL and sent her the links to various websites (M&S, John Lewis etc) and will wait and see!

Disney Store ones definitly can't be used here - even though they have the same name they are run independently. They only accept the ones issued within the UK. Hope this helps !!!