buy
foreign currency and travellers cheques : cardiff airport
You
can buy foreign currency and travellers cheques online and get
great rates and no commission, or you can buy it at the airport,
not get as good rates and pay commission. That's the basic choice.
[See
this cardiff airport
news article on how bad the rates and charges at airports
can be].
Buying Foreign
Currency Online
You can buy
your currency online via a number of foreign exchange companies.
Each time we check the rates, including commission and delivery
charges, we find that Onlinefx,
Travelex
and the
Post Office are the most competitive.
With Onlinefx,
if you buy it via a website called www.1stholidaystore.co.uk and
pay via a debit card, the currency is delivered free as well as
commission free. If you order by 12:30 the currency or travellers
cheques can be delivered to your home (or your work) by 17:30
the next day. (NB: If paying with Switch, Delta and Solo cards,
type "free delivery" in the Promotion / ID box at payment
stage.)
With Travelex
you need to give 48 hours notice, but you can collect your currency
from the airport if they have a desk there (as they do at Cardiff
airport). And with the
Post Office you can pick between delivery, or you can
pick your currency up at your local Post Office.
Buying Foreign
Currency at Cardiff Airport
If you want
to buy your currency at Cardiff Airport, the choice is limited
to one supplier, Travelex. They have 3 desks at the airport -
on the first floor (departures), in the airport departure lounge
and in the arrivals hall (for inbound passengers).
Standard
opening hours are:
Landside
Departures: daily 04:00 - 22:00
Departure
Lounge: Monday - Thursday 05:00 - 18:00; Friday 04:00 - 18:00;
Saturday 05:00 - 15:30; Sunday 04:00 - 18:00
Arrivals
Hall: daily 04:00 - 22:00
You can contact
Travelex at Cardiff Airport on (01446) 719 523.
