I see that there are many prepaid debit cards for Visa and Mastercard. I need to know which is the best for travel to Germany and the Czech Republic, which one has the lowest fees for ATM transactions in those countries. I also need one I can load as much as $2000 on at a time.
Set up fees, shipping, fees for this and that seem to add up when you look at the fine print on these prepaid cards.
Please help!
2007-05-12 04:37:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Other - Europe
I would agree with just a friend. Bring your bank's ATM card and you'll be fine.
2007-05-12 05:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by tartu2222 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem with prepaid cards it you can only get so much out of them in a 24 hour period. The other problem is they don't work well in playing for things like hotel rooms or anything with a high cost. The hotel or merchant will reserve around 150% of the bill until they get their funds. This means that extra amount isn't available to you for a couple of days.
Keep in mind that debit cards don't carry the same protections that credit cards do either.
I have found that both MasterCard and Visa are widely accepted in Europe, however it seemed that MasterCard was a bit more. However the card with the lowest fees would simply be your current bank ATM card.
2007-05-12 04:49:41 · answer #2 · answered by Just a friend. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy an All-Access Visa Travel card at lots of grocery stores, enter your zip code here to find one:
http://www.allaccesstravelmoney.com/
However, you can only load 3 times and the maximum load is $500.
You might as well just buy a reloadable card:
http://www.allaccesscard.com/
This one has the same fees and can be loaded any number of times with up to $10,000 and a maximum of $2500 at a time.
2007-05-15 15:15:18 · answer #3 · answered by Cornelius 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋