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Travelex Foreign Exchange

Travelex is the world’s largest foreign exchange specialist. Through Travelex, we can offer you a comprehensive range of products and services to take care of all your foreign exchange needs.

If you are going overseas:
• Foreign Cash
• Travellers Cheques

If you are sending money overseas:
• Drafts
• Telegraphic Transfers

If you receive money from overseas:
• Travellers Cheques
• Foreign Cash
• Cheques in a Foreign Currency
• Inward Telegraphic Transfers

 

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If You Are Going Overseas

It is recommended that you always take more than one payment mechanism – some local cash, a Cash Passport Card, and a credit or debit card. That way, if you have difficulty with any of your products (eg your credit card is not accepted, or the magnetic stripe gets damaged), you will have an alternative.

  1. Foreign Cash

    In addition to your travellers cheques and/or Cash Passport Card, it is always advisable to carry some local cash to cover taxis, tips etc upon arrival overseas.

    Travelex regularly stocks over 35 foreign currencies.

    Travellers Cheques

    Travellers cheques are available in:
    US Dollar
    Euro
    British Pound

    Travellers cheques are accepted worldwide. If your cheques are lost or stolen, a refund is just a phone call away, and takes as little as 30 minutes to organise.

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If You Are Sending Money Overseas

Drafts are the cheapest form of sending money overseas, and can be sent by mail. The receiver generally has to pay the draft into an account, and it may take a few days to clear.

Telegraphic transfers are normally used to directly credit accounts overseas, and are a quicker method of sending funds than drafts.

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If You Receive Money From Overseas

Subject to acceptability, Travelex will convert Foreign Currency items into Australian Dollars.

So, if you receive a Cheque from overseas, or return from a trip with unused Foreign Cash or Travellers Cheques, you can change* them into Australian Dollars without fuss (* subject to acceptability).

If funds are being sent to you from overseas, an Inward Telegraphic Transfer will enable funds to be credited directly into your account.

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