8th December 2018
We were told there were ‘no fees’ but this was a lie. A lot of Purse Currency Conversion Fees even when you have correct currency already loaded on the card. Wasted so much money. Do not use.
I ordered £1 worth of Thai BahtMy currency arrived on timeI received the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others27th November 2018
I brought a Trevelex Prepaid Mastercard overseas. I was denied at 4 different merchants. When I called Travelex to inquire, they informed me that the merchant has to have a certain machine to complete transaction. Not acceptable.
I ordered a prepaid multi-currency cardReloading the card was easyThe card was not accepted everywhere that I wanted to use itI would not recommend Travelex to others17th October 2018
Do not recommend using their Money Card as pre-authorisations can result in not being able to access large amounts of your cash for anything up to 30 days. I pre-loaded a Money Card with CAD for a Canadian road trip. On a stop to fill up the car with fuel I initiated a card transaction at the pump, removed the hose then realised I had parked against a diesel only pump when I needed unleaded fuel. Without drawing any fuel I immediately replaced the hose, cancelling the transaction, moved to the correct pump and used the card again to fill up with unleaded. I later checked my transactions and found I had been correctly charged 40CAD for the fuel I withdrew but also had a pending transaction of 278CAD for the cancelled transaction. After 3 days of this 278CAD block on my credit I called customer services to say I needed access to this money that was wrongly being withheld. I was told it would take 7 days to clear but they would raise an urgent request for it to clear within 24-48hrs. After 48hrs and still blocked from accessing this amount I called customer services again to complain and was told it could take up to 30 days to clear the errant transaction. The block was eventually cleared after 8 days, by which time I was back in the UK. I have therefore cashed out my card, for which I was charged a £6 fee and given a very poor exchange rate to convert to sterling and unload the balance on my card. There are plenty of zero fee foreign transaction credit cards and other pre-load debit cards to choose from so I will not be using this company again.
8th October 2018
Needed to top up card ,but the system just simply wouldn't allow it. We needed an Australian working phone number whilst abroad. Just not a travellers card at all !!!! Made 5 calls to customer service . No help at all . Then the phone app went down . Will never use again
I ordered £10000 worth of Hong Kong DollarsMy currency did not arrived on timeI did not received the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others6th September 2018
Stay away from this card. I wish I had read all these reviews before getting this card for our holiday. We believed them when they said there were no fee's to access your money from an ATM in Europe. It simply isn't true. There are fee's- they just get you in a round about way. We were charged a 'currency conversion fee' of 100 euro the first time we used the card in an ATM to withdraw money and every other time we used the card we were charged this same fee. When we realised we emailed them urgently asking for an explanation and some help. 4 days later we got an automated response saying they couldn't help us. It was cheaper for us in the end just to use our normal Australian bank card!
I ordered £4000 worth of Australian DollarsMy currency did not arrived on timeI did not received the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others31st August 2018
Appalling customer service. Lost my card. Made 6 phonecalls with follow up each time to block and replace it. Directed to various numbers and services. Call backs promised-never happened. Eventually, after 3 days of calls they said they would replace it but it would take 7-10 days and I needed a fixed address- hardly adapted to the needs of travellers. Would NEVER recommend this service.
I ordered a prepaid Euro cardReloading the card was not easyI would not recommend Travelex to others28th August 2018
Withdrew €800 on my Travelex Money card in a Dutch ATM last week and lost 13%. Paid Travelex to create a Euro card for me. Then Dutch bank charged me for my €800 withdrawal. Then Travelex debited my card not in Euros but in £sterling. Then Travelex charged me to change my euros to Sterling. So, I paid Travelex to change my £ to euros then back to pounds and paid the Dutch bank to then change the pounds back into euros. Also the Dutch bank charged a commission of 3.25%. I had thought that I was safe having only euros in the account - didn't know that Travelex would change them back. The final indignity was paying Travelex yet another fee to close my account.
I ordered a prepaid Euro cardReloading the card was easyThe card was not accepted everywhere that I wanted to use itI would not recommend Travelex to others12th August 2018
Changed £ 500 at Heathrow Airport into Euro. Not only did they give a very bad exchange rate, but on top of that, they then charged me £ 5 in Commission and £ 15 in 'Fees', so a total of £ 20 on top of a very bad rate. Please try and avoid them, change your money at a Bank, you will get a much better exchange rate [and probably a friendlier service]
I ordered £500 worth of EurosMy currency arrived on timeI received the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others30th July 2018
Used a travelex ATM to get GBP in glasgow airport - machine tricks you into confirming amount to be taken in EUR rather than GBP, adding a 10.49% markup!!! A complete ripoff of a rate - reflects badly on airports to allow these scammers to operate.
I ordered £200 worth of EurosMy order was not delivered on timeI did not receive the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others16th July 2018
Struggling to reset my pin!
My order was delivered on timeI received the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others9th July 2018
Wish I could give 0 stars. This is the worst company and card. The app is useless outside of showing you your balance. That is the ONLY thing that works. DO NOT BUT THIS CARD!! They told me I had to wait 24 hours to reload my card due to my attempts on the app that didn’t work. Now I’m stuck in italy with this waste of card. DON’T DO IT!
I ordered a prepaid US Dollar cardReloading the card was not easyThe card was not accepted everywhere that I wanted to use itI would not recommend Travelex to others9th July 2018
Tried to withdraw money at Airport ATM and didn’t receive my cash. Been waiting three weeks for them to credit my account to no avail. Saw many other customers not get their cash.
I ordered £400 worth of EurosMy order was not delivered on timeI did not receive the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others28th June 2018
I'm having trouble registering my new Travelcard which is painful enough. What is just awful is the fact that nobody in either the call centre or the messaging team could care less and don't want to get involved. They won't give me the chief execs contact details and have reluctantly raised a complaint for me. They say someone will contact me within 3 days and I go away tomorrow Thanks very much
I ordered a prepaid US Dollar cardI would not recommend Travelex to others18th June 2018
bought card for daughter traveling. Didn't know you couldn't buy this for someone else. Its only mentioned under FAQ. Also bought everything in wife's name because the person ordering has to sign so that became a nightmare. Couldn't login to website after registering card password error? No customer service. Atm in Spain ate the card. Now trying to get leftover money off of card. Not holding my breath. I'm writing formal complaint. Contacting BBB and telling my bank if you keep endorsing this company I'll leave the bank.
29th May 2018
Ordered money online for delivery on a specific day. Money did not turn up and when I phoned them they told me that they had had an " update error on the system" . They then gave me three options. 1. Have the money delivered on a different day, ( I suggested the following day but they told me that that was impossible as their vault was closed ) I phoned at 4 p.m. 2. Go and collect the money from a store. I ordered online and paid for it to be delivered as I did not want to nor had the time to go and collect it. 3. Refund me my money. They apologised but I believe that it's too easy to just say sorry. I suggested to them that when they have a system problem they need to have it programmed to produce a report that shows any unfulfilled orders to enable them to contact the customer with a plan of action rather than the customer having to contact them. Had I not phoned, I probably would not have heard anything from them!
My order was not delivered on timeI would not recommend Travelex to others28th May 2018
Terrible. Absolutely much worse than MoneyCorp - with them you can order money online right up to the last minute! But with Travelex it is nooo.
I ordered £90 worth of EurosMy order was not delivered on timeI received the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others1st April 2018
No stars. Charleroi airport. Needed pocket money for taxi in Croatia. Asked for 300 euros worth of Croatian kuna. Was duped by second teller (who had been reading a magazine up to that point, ignoring customers) telling me there was a special offer if 500 Euro spent blah blah blah. No rates were on display, so was shocked when I checked the mid market rate c.7.4, Travelex gave me 6.9. c. 3300 kuna. By my calculation I was ripped off to the tune of c. 60-80 Euro. As I was leaving the counter, I saw the ‘ladies’ giggling to themselves. Job done, customer swindled. Never again!
My order was delivered on timeI received the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others10th March 2018
Disgusting customer service at Manchester airport terminal 1. I would say a lady called Claire served us but she was no lady, more a rude, sarcastic, unhelpful, unprofessional joke of a customer service advisor. Face on her was misery as soon as we walked over. She just looked like someone had offended her and she hated the human race. We were excited for our holiday. She put a downer on it before we even boarded the plane. Asked for money to be changed €300 and asked for it in 20's and 10's, her response was rudely telling us no you cn have 20's but I don't have any 10's. Oh ok do any of your colleagues have any 20's you could swap please? Rudely she barks at us, is it a problem not having 20's? No we say but we would prefer them that's why we asked for them. She them very rudely and like a chat barks at her colleague to her left can o have some 20s no please no thanks just so so rude. My partner then said why are you being so rude and she said she would not serve us in a minute. We hadn't done anything wrong even the male colleague to her right was shaking his head at her in disbelief. I was so shocked by her lack of professionalism that I just stood there with my mouth wide open and my partner was speaking to me about what bad customer service this was and she said she was going to call security. Absolute joke of a woman never mind a customer service rep. She needs to go giving the company a really bad image will never go to the company again. Have put in a formal complaint to head office and waiting on response. Hope she loses her job as she is obviously no good at it.
I ordered £300 worth of EurosMy order was not delivered on timeI did not receive the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others27th February 2018
I only got a Travelex money card due to issues with my existing Cash Passport. Despite assurances that I could transfer money across, this was not the case. As I was in a rush, I didn't check the full T+Cs which would have made it obvious that this card is totally unfit for purpose if travelling for anything but business. Minimum top-up via app is £100, online it's £50 so useless if you only need 10 Euros to see you through the last day of your holiday. The App is just dreadful, you can't swap between currencies, check transactions or anything like that offered by Cash Passport. Avoid.
I ordered a prepaid multi-currency cardReloading the card was not easyThe card was accepted everywhere that I used itI would not recommend Travelex to others23rd January 2018
I got 200 euros from a Travelex cash point at Manchester airport and not only was I charged the £4.99 commission that was displayed on the screen, but I was also given an exchange rate that was so bad, that there was a £26 difference between what they advertised online and what the ATM delivered..That's £31 in total!... I contacted Travelex only to be told that they have overheads and they hope that I feel I can use their service again in the future!...
I ordered £213 worth of EurosMy order was delivered on timeI received the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others6th December 2017
This is the most stupid card I have ever seen. I spend hours trying to check my balance. All the messages were my password was invalid. Will never recommend this rubbish card to anyone.
4th December 2017
It is constantly failing cant see balance, can't see what you've spent or you can't reload, the card service phone line is appalling and last time I used it they put me back n hold then cut me off. It had improved slightly when they changed the APP but it's stopped working again it's stress you don't need when travelling.
I ordered a prepaid multi-currency cardReloading the card was not easyThe card was accepted everywhere that I used itI would not recommend Travelex to others29th November 2017
Terrible. I left 2 detailed messages and both phone returned calls had no idea why i was calling. One returned my call 4 hours after they opened. I placed my order on line for delivery in 2 business days. 3 business days later the charge is still pending on my credit card. I never received notification that my information was wrong, that's why my order was never placed. I dont understand how the information was wrong since it was all auto fill in. And no one spoke English, they all had heavy accents, even when I called the local Scottsdale location
I ordered £150 worth of Australian DollarsMy order was not delivered on timeI did not receive the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others27th November 2017
This is a warning to not exchange money with this company. I had some extra pounds I needed to change to euro's in Brussels airport. For 170 british pounds they wanted to give me 160 euro(today's rate is 190 euro). Be aware they are taking HUGE fee's for everything they do. Use another company for your currency exchange.
I ordered £170 worth of EurosMy order was not delivered on timeI did not receive the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others23rd November 2017
Customer service is shocking will never use them again after money went astray all they do is hide behind their T&Cs
I ordered £996 worth of Australian DollarsMy order was not delivered on timeI did not receive the notes I requestedI would not recommend Travelex to others
Travelex was founded in 1976 and has since grown to become one of the most recognised brands in the Travel Money sector with over 1,100 branches worldwide. As well as providing currency services for many banks and supermarkets, Travelex also operate 900 ATMs around the world.
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