I'm going on my first trip to the US in March, managed to get tickets to PAX so going with a couple friends for that plus a little bit of a holiday. I'm planning on getting some dollars so I can have cash on me when I get there but I don't want to be carrying around a lot and I don't fancy using my bank card (which is a Mastercard debit) if I can help it as my bank will charge a fee for each transaction.
I've been advised to get a prepaid card like FairFX which can be pre-loaded with an amount and used as a regular debit card, anyone used them before or something similar?
Also would it be better to get dollars as soon as possible or wait a bit to see if the exchange rate gets a bit better?
I've been advised to get a prepaid card like FairFX which can be pre-loaded with an amount and used as a regular debit card, anyone used them before or something similar?
Also would it be better to get dollars as soon as possible or wait a bit to see if the exchange rate gets a bit better?