Are you worried about overspending on holiday?

According to some research just carried out by Opinion Matters on behalf of www.mytravelcash.com, over half of UK travelers are worried about over spending on their holidays. Possibly a hangover from our economy woes, we have all had to watch the pennies a little more closely and hopefully this article will help you do exactly that when staying at your next Vintage Travel villa.

Did you know that the average Brit spends £300 on holiday with only a third of us checking the best exchange rates before we leave? Also, one in five of us take our credit cards abroad and rely on drawing money from ATMs, which incurs expensive foreign exchange and transaction fees each time we use them.  In fact, in 2008 Brits were responsible for drawing £6.7 billion abroad on their debit cards, with Barclays, NatWest and HSBC charging foreign exchange fees of 2.75% and cash withdrawal fees of 2% making them a whopping £300m in fees!

If this is cause for concern for you then you may like to consider the ingenious My Travel Cash’s Euro and US Dollar cards, which incur no fees on any transaction made in the card’s currency and best of all there is no commission to pay when you buy your foreign currency.  It works like a pay-as-you-go mobile phone, you load them with money before you travel and top them up when needed, meaning you only spend what you pre-load.

In addition to saving you money on exchange rates, My Travel Cash’s currency cards offer secure Chip & PIN protection as well as access to the MasterCard® network, meaning the cards can be used at over 30 million merchants and 1.5 million ATMs around the world. You can get your hands on one of these without lengthy credit checks and all you need is a proof of identity and the cash to load onto them.