Prepaid travel cards

You can then load money onto your prepaid travel card from your UK bank account online. Your prepaid travel card will  then be ready to go on trips with you.

Exchange rates are fixed on the prepaid travel card, so the rate when you load is the same as when you spend.

And there are no foreign currency transaction fees or commission either. It's free to use overseas in Europe or in the USA - or wherever, in fact, your prepaid travel card provider's sign is displayed. 

• Safety - it has a PIN and a chip 

• You can use it as many times as you like - re-loading for free any time

• There are no fees for spending 

Find out more about the World First MasterCard ® Prepaid Travel Card here.

So whether you're heading to the beach, going skiing or just want a reliable source of cash in your pocket for business trips, a prepaid travel card could be just the ticket. 

Passport, tickets, print outs of room reservations... and your prepaid travel card. Once you start using a prepaid travel card, you'll wonder how you ever managed without one.

Slim and discrete, you can keep it in your purse or wallet, and then even for the most last-minute trip, you won't be without currency. 

Take a few minutes to go online to top it up before you leave, and by the time you get to your destination, your prepaid travel card will be charged up and ready to use. 

What makes them even handier is that you can go online to download statements of your card use.

So whether you're travelling for business or pleasure, you'll be able to see what you've spent, where you've spent it, and how much the currency conversion cost.