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Name: Travel Money
Rating: 2.76 (58 reviews)

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2.80

Based on 58 reviews, last reviewed 26th May 2025

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5

Amanda 5 star service Got travel money, had 2 transactions to do, that was not a problem, after the cash was counted, I needed specific amounts of euros, this again was n... Read more Reviewed on: 6th May 2025

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1

My experience was at the Baldock Tesco. My experience was at the Baldock Tesco. In store exchange rate is noticeably worse than advertised on line rate. Why? Simple profiteering, because the... Read more Reviewed on: 26th May 2025

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Before we go off on our holiday, there's always a last minute dash for some travel money! With more and more options available, it really does pay to do a bit of research to find the best travel money company. Smart Money People is the place for Tesco Bank travel money reviews. If you've used Tesco Bank travel money before, why not write YOUR own review? You can help other travellers looking for honest Tesco Bank travel money reviews.

Tesco Bank Travel Money reviews (58)

Review of the Tesco Bank, Travel Money:

Don't use !! Money wasn't ready when it said it would be!

Same story as a lot of reviews (I should have checked before) short story…currency wasn’t ready on time and refund takes upto 10 days, staff on customer service line had no sympathy. Longer story…ordered currency for click n collect the following day, which I thought was impressive service at the time, because the website DOES state it can take upto 3 days for currency to be ready for collection…so when it allowed me to select the following day for my collection I thought great ! And when the confirmation email also stated I could collect from my nominated store the following day after 3pm I thought wow perfect! I was at the Tesco store at 5pm and the lady on the Customer Service desk was soooo apologetic and said it happens all the time…the courier hasn’t made a delivery that day and that there were actually 5 other currency orders due in that day; sure enough 2mins later another lady arrived hoping to collect her currency. The Customer Service lady rang the TravelEx line and explained the situation, put me on the line, he had no sympathy and just reiterated to me that the website states it can take upto 3 days haha that’s all well and good but if the website allows you to select the following day AND the confirmation email states the same then what are customers meant to do? Just turn up each day for the next 3 days to see if it’s turned up yet?? I was travelling that evening so I asked him to cancel & refund my order so I could go and get the currency elsewhere (local Post Office was open late so I did it there), to be told it could take upto 10 days to be refunded! And that’s AFTER the currency has been received back at the TravelEx office which can be 3-4 days. Luckily I was only going away for a wknd so wasn’t changing THAT much money, but imagine if you were changing a lot for a 2wk holiday and then didn’t have any spare funds to get currenty from elsewhere whilst waiting for your refund! I said I’d like a Manager to call me back so I could make a complaint, and to my surprise the Manager Janette did! But of course, she can only work within the perameters that are set for her, which are of course set by some idiot management team higher than her who have decided to have a poor process in place which is completely unreliable and not user friendly, and as it shows in the reviews…don’t look to be changing any time soon! SO, I won’t be using them again and will be warning all my friends not to also. Reviewed on: 17th August 2022

Great job thanks!

Initially not a great experience due to poor communication by different team member over the phone. However going into store today I was given a lot more help from Fiona which was really appreciated. Many thanks Reviewed on: 9th August 2024

CONNOR at the Tesco Extra Barnstaple Taw view is ver...

CONNOR at the Tesco Extra Barnstaple Taw view is very helpful, friendly. Would not hesitate to use this service again Reviewed on: 31st July 2024

Tesco Bank, life made easy!

Fantastic, was easy to use, easy to navigate their website, definitely recommend. Reviewed on: 12th June 2024

TRAVEL MONEY EXCHANGE

Visited Louise at the Travel Money Exchange in Lowestoft Tesco. Extremely helpful, friendly and polite. Reviewed on: 11th June 2024

Amy at Tesco in Beverley - East Yorkshire was excell...

Amy at Tesco in Beverley - East Yorkshire was excellent. She took her time, was chatty, very friendly and totally professional... Well done Amy Reviewed on: 4th June 2024

Vicki at Marksfarm store always pleasant and helpful.

Vicki at Marksfarm store always pleasant and helpful. Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

Appalling customer service

I ordered currency online. In the FAqs it states photo ID is required eg passport or driving licence. They should remove the eg as that is all they will accept. I took other photo ID but was not allowed to collect my money. As I had travelled especially to collect it I asked to cancel the order and my husband who had his driving licence would repurchase it. To do that there was a £10 charge. Totally ridiculous and a money making racket. the person in the kiosk was one of the most unhelpful people I have encountered in a long time. A Tesco staff member told me the currency kiosk wasn’t part of Tesco so I couldn’t complain in store. Reviewed on: 29th April 2024

Good service, excellent chap very helpful

Good service, excellent chap very helpful Reviewed on: 27th April 2024

They told me that if I buy euros with them and then...

They told me that if I buy euros with them and then dont spend all of them I can change back commission free. However once I returned to change my unspent euros they charged me £300 because there spread from sell to buy back is like 20% so they dont call it commission but trust me there will be a huge charge to change your money back! Scam scam scam Reviewed on: 28th February 2024

Awful experience.

Awful experience. They don't keep me updated on royal mail deliver status. Yesterday they attempted delivery at 10am, and then today they haven't even attempted by 1pm, which is supposed to be guaranteed. I still don't have my travel money. Stay away from tesco travel money Reviewed on: 21st February 2024

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