Best prepaid travel money cards in 2024 for the best rates

The Post Office may be one of the few remaining places where you can still cash in traveller’s cheques, making it something of a novelty. Few people use such a method of currency in 2024, a shift that the PO has noticed and adopted with its Travel Money Card.

It’s a great product from a well-established name, which, if you’re not someone who travels often, can feel reassuring when you’re miles from home. 

You’ll have to register and order a physical card, but once it’s in your possession, you can make contactless and phone payments by adding it to your digital wallet. Spending is free when you’re using the card in Post Office’s 22 currencies, and if you run out or need to freeze the card, it can all be managed online. 

There is an app, and while it can’t be used for payments, you can manage, freeze and swap currencies on it – helpful when you don’t have access to a desktop or laptop.