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Post Office: Prepaid travel account reviews

Name: Prepaid travel account
Rating: 2.5 (40 reviews)

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2.50

Based on 40 reviews, last reviewed 17th Apr 2026

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Latest highest rating:

4

Always seem to get quite good rates. Always seem to get quite good rates from the post office Can be long, queueing times occasionally Reviewed on: 2nd April 2024

Latest lowest rating:

2

Post Office Travel Card The exchange rates for most currencies are poor for small to medium currency exchange amounts. Reviewed on: 17th April 2026

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Post Office travel money can be ordered online or in branch. The best exchange rates are online.

You can order currency or go cashless with the Post Office prepaid Mastercard®. The Post Office have a 100% refund guarantee at the same exchange rate (excluding bank and delivery charges) if your holiday’s cancelled.

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Post Office Prepaid travel account reviews (40)

Useful to have a Post Office Travel Card

Initially, I bought a Post Office Travel Card for Australia. I was annoyed that I did not get as good a rate when I tried to top-up but it is still useful to have. It did not work in the three supermarkets I use but it did work almost everywhere else in Australia. When I took the card to Sweden it was very useful as it worked everywhere and a card is always the preferred method of payment. It was very easy to just pop some SEK on the card instead of having to order it. Not getting the best exchange rate is something I can live with. It is just so easy and convenient. Reviewed on: 24th January 2023

Top up rates

For some unknown reason the rate to top up your card is not as good as taking out a new card. At the moment $1.2117 for cash or a new card but to top up $1.18! Makes no sense. Reviewed on: 23rd January 2023

Useless

Ordered and paid for £400 in US dollars; got an email and code saying it was ready for collection. When I arrived to collect I was told there were no dollars available. Reviewed on: 11th January 2023

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So many issues on the holiday, still trying to get things sorted with the insurance and holiday company Reviewed on: 29th September 2022

Small print reduces rate

The rate they publish is not the rate you get. Small print you need a law degree to understand makes this robbery "legal". Reviewed on: 13th September 2022

Awful card, don't waste your time

Got a prepaid post office travel card for holiday in gran canaria August 2022. Thought it would be handy and was worried about carrying lots of euros. The card was awful. Several nights when we went out for an evening meal we couldn't use the card due to scheduled maintenance, which we were given very little notice of. The exchange rate isn't great either. The idea of a prepaid card is great just not this one. Reviewed on: 19th August 2022

Click & Collect does not exist!

I ordered Euros on 11/07/22 for collection from local Post Office. Same idea as John Lewis and many other companies, you would think?? Not a chance. I went to pick up the money and was told that, no money is actually sent to the branch, if they have the currency they will fulfil it, if they dont, tough. Told to phone Customer care and they say, yes, it just depends on what stock the branch have available. Nice branch and telephone staff, but, Click & Collect does not exist. Now I have to wait to see if a promised refund of £1250 meterializes Reviewed on: 15th July 2022

Use at your peril - diabolical company

2 faulty cards, unable to make a withdrawal and they are refusing to return my funds. This has been going on for over 3 months and is now referred to the financial ombudsman as this company is a disgrace. My recommendation - do not use. Reviewed on: 15th July 2022

Customer service

Customer service need to improve as the queues are way too long Reviewed on: 25th June 2022

So handy

Easy to apply and so handy to have no need to worry extra fees or hidden charges . Reviewed on: 24th June 2022

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