How do you spend when abroad?

5 August 2019

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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 (144 votes)

Cash - from high street (eg, M&S, Post Office)		36 votes (25%)
Cash - from comparison sites		14 votes (10%)
Cash - from airport		1 votes (1%)
Cash - from previous trip		1 votes (1%)
Specialist prepaid card (eg, WeSwap, FairFX)		7 votes (5%)
High street prepaid card		1 votes (1%)
Specialist cheap overseas debit card (eg, Starling, Monzo)		42 votes (29%)
Normal debit card		5 votes (3%)
Specialist travel credit card (eg, Halifax Clarity)		31 votes (22%)
Standard credit card		2 votes (1%)
Travellers' cheques		0 votes (0%)
Foreign bank account		3 votes (2%)
I don’t go abroad		1 votes (1%)

I'm aged 25-34 (686 votes)

Cash - from high street (eg, M&S, Post Office)		118 votes (17%)
Cash - from comparison sites		55 votes (8%)
Cash - from airport		3 votes (0%)
Cash - from previous trip		5 votes (1%)
Specialist prepaid card (eg, WeSwap, FairFX)		29 votes (4%)
High street prepaid card		8 votes (1%)
Specialist cheap overseas debit card (eg, Starling, Monzo)		157 votes (23%)
Normal debit card		19 votes (3%)
Specialist travel credit card (eg, Halifax Clarity)		262 votes (38%)
Standard credit card		17 votes (2%)
Travellers' cheques		1 votes (0%)
Foreign bank account		5 votes (1%)
I don’t go abroad		7 votes (1%)

I'm aged 35-49 (984 votes)

Cash - from high street (eg, M&S, Post Office)		199 votes (20%)
Cash - from comparison sites		101 votes (10%)
Cash - from airport		4 votes (0%)
Cash - from previous trip		12 votes (1%)
Specialist prepaid card (eg, WeSwap, FairFX)		50 votes (5%)
High street prepaid card		18 votes (2%)
Specialist cheap overseas debit card (eg, Starling, Monzo)		99 votes (10%)
Normal debit card		31 votes (3%)
Specialist travel credit card (eg, Halifax Clarity)		400 votes (41%)
Standard credit card		34 votes (3%)
Travellers' cheques		3 votes (0%)
Foreign bank account		8 votes (1%)
I don’t go abroad		25 votes (3%)

I'm aged 50-64 (1583 votes)

Cash - from high street (eg, M&S, Post Office)		368 votes (23%)
Cash - from comparison sites		173 votes (11%)
Cash - from airport		3 votes (0%)
Cash - from previous trip		30 votes (2%)
Specialist prepaid card (eg, WeSwap, FairFX)		83 votes (5%)
High street prepaid card		25 votes (2%)
Specialist cheap overseas debit card (eg, Starling, Monzo)		100 votes (6%)
Normal debit card		52 votes (3%)
Specialist travel credit card (eg, Halifax Clarity)		589 votes (37%)
Standard credit card		79 votes (5%)
Travellers' cheques		4 votes (0%)
Foreign bank account		32 votes (2%)
I don’t go abroad		45 votes (3%)

I'm aged 65+ (1289 votes)

Cash - from high street (eg, M&S, Post Office)		259 votes (20%)
Cash - from comparison sites		122 votes (9%)
Cash - from airport		2 votes (0%)
Cash - from previous trip		41 votes (3%)
Specialist prepaid card (eg, WeSwap, FairFX)		57 votes (4%)
High street prepaid card		14 votes (1%)
Specialist cheap overseas debit card (eg, Starling, Monzo)		53 votes (4%)
Normal debit card		33 votes (3%)
Specialist travel credit card (eg, Halifax Clarity)		561 votes (44%)
Standard credit card		80 votes (6%)
Travellers' cheques		4 votes (0%)
Foreign bank account		26 votes (2%)
I don’t go abroad		37 votes (3%)

                   4,686 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.