How do you spend when abroad?

30 July 2018

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It’s peak summer, so time for a question we ask every year… if and when you travel abroad, how do you usually spend? For how we think it’s cheapest, see Travel Credit Cards. If you use a combination of methods, pick the one you use most often…

It’s peak summer, so time for a question we ask every year… if and when you travel abroad, how do you usually spend? For how we think it’s cheapest, see Travel Credit Cards.

If you use a combination of methods, pick the one you use most often…

Results

I'm aged under 25 (328 votes)

Cash - from high street (eg, M&S, Post Office)		91 votes (28%)
Cash - from comparison sites		32 votes (10%)
Cash - from airport		3 votes (1%)
Cash - from previous trip		9 votes (3%)
Specialist prepaid card (eg, Revolut, WeSwap, FairFX)		42 votes (13%)
High street prepaid card		3 votes (1%)
Specialist cheap overseas debit card (eg, Starling, Monzo)		53 votes (16%)
Normal debit card		23 votes (7%)
Specialist travel credit card (eg, Halifax Clarity, Barclaycard Platinum)		60 votes (18%)
Standard credit card		4 votes (1%)
Travellers’ cheques		0 votes (0%)
Foreign bank account		3 votes (1%)
I don’t go abroad		5 votes (2%)

I'm aged 25 to 34 (1238 votes)

Cash - from high street (eg, M&S, Post Office)		277 votes (22%)
Cash - from comparison sites		125 votes (10%)
Cash - from airport		4 votes (0%)
Cash - from previous trip		9 votes (1%)
Specialist prepaid card (eg, Revolut, WeSwap, FairFX)		142 votes (11%)
High street prepaid card		11 votes (1%)
Specialist cheap overseas debit card (eg, Starling, Monzo)		143 votes (12%)
Normal debit card		50 votes (4%)
Specialist travel credit card (eg, Halifax Clarity, Barclaycard Platinum)		427 votes (34%)
Standard credit card		27 votes (2%)
Travellers' cheques		1 votes (0%)
Foreign bank account		9 votes (1%)
I don’t go abroad		13 votes (1%)

I'm aged 35 to 49 (1869 votes)

Cash - from high street (eg, M&S, Post Office)		406 votes (22%)
Cash - from comparison sites		197 votes (11%)
Cash - from airport		9 votes (0%)
Cash - from previous trip		30 votes (2%)
Specialist prepaid card (eg, Revolut, WeSwap, FairFX)		175 votes (9%)
High street prepaid card		38 votes (2%)
Specialist cheap overseas debit card (eg, Starling, Monzo)		100 votes (5%)
Normal debit card		107 votes (6%)
Specialist travel credit card (eg, Halifax Clarity, Barclaycard Platinum)		665 votes (36%)
Standard credit card		83 votes (4%)
Travellers' cheques		9 votes (0%)
Foreign bank account		9 votes (0%)
I don’t go abroad		41 votes (2%)

I'm aged 50 to 64 (2672 votes)

Cash - from high street (eg, M&S, Post Office)		691 votes (26%)
Cash - from comparison sites		245 votes (9%)
Cash - from airport		5 votes (0%)
Cash - from previous trip		57 votes (2%)
Specialist prepaid card (eg, Revolut, WeSwap, FairFX)		185 votes (7%)
High street prepaid card		43 votes (2%)
Specialist cheap overseas debit card (eg, Starling, Monzo)		100 votes (4%)
Normal debit card		105 votes (4%)
Specialist travel credit card (eg, Halifax Clarity, Barclaycard Platinum)		956 votes (36%)
Standard credit card		153 votes (6%)
Travellers' cheques		12 votes (0%)
Foreign bank account		53 votes (2%)
I don’t go abroad		67 votes (3%)

I'm aged 65+ (1973 votes)

Cash - from high street (eg, M&S, Post Office)		451 votes (23%)
Cash - from comparison sites		181 votes (9%)
Cash - from airport		2 votes (0%)
Cash - from previous trip		65 votes (3%)
Specialist prepaid card (eg, Revolut, WeSwap, FairFX)		103 votes (5%)
High street prepaid card		24 votes (1%)
Specialist cheap overseas debit card (eg, Starling, Monzo)		40 votes (2%)
Normal debit card		64 votes (3%)
Specialist travel credit card (eg, Halifax Clarity, Barclaycard Platinum)		781 votes (40%)
Standard credit card		162 votes (8%)
Travellers' cheques		11 votes (1%)
Foreign bank account		55 votes (3%)
I don’t go abroad		34 votes (2%)

                   8,080 votes received.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.