Travel Card for Overseas Visitor

LKarlotta - Margarita on 12/09/2017 - 12:22

My mother in law is coming to visit us for 6 weeks from South America and then going onto Europe for another 6 weeks. My wife would like to get her a prepaid travel card so she can help pay for hotels, dinners etc without having to worry about carrying around a lot of cash (and my wife can top up if required).

Most travel cards I've found online seem to require some type of Australian ID to register. Does anyone know of a card which we can get here but can register using her overseas details?

Thanks

(Getting an overseas card for her is not really an option due to the lack of overseas options in her home country.)

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Comments

  • KaTst3R on 12/09/2017 - 12:44

    If you are with CBA, you can just ask to open a Travel Money Card and you load in AUD & Euro. CBA will give you 2 cards. In the event you lose 1, just deactivate it online. Im sure the other banks might have something similar

  • ausdday on 12/09/2017 - 13:02

    Auspost?

    https://auspost.com.au/money-insurance/organise-travel-money…

    you need registration when purchase the card over the counter, which can be registered under your wife's name. The card itself does not have card holder's name, usually it just said "valued cardholder" or similar.

    • Karlotta - Margarita on 12/09/2017 - 22:50

      THis looks promising. I'll look into this further and see if it will do the trick. Thank You.

      • johninmelb on 13/09/2017 - 13:56

        I used an Aust Post Load and Go card for my partner when he went back to Egypt a couple of years ago. I bought it in my name, and just gave it to him to take with him. There's no name on it. I could log in and top it up for him when he needed more money. Just need to watch the ATM withdrawal fees and exchange rates.

        It's not perfect, but it solved a problem. If you go with this, photocopy both sides of the card to keep the details with you to set up the online account for top ups, monitoring to make sure it doesn't run low and leave the person stranded etc.

  • rxjb on 12/09/2017 - 13:45

    travel cards generally tend to have a really bad conversion rate. why not open a 28 degrees or equiv card and add her as a supplementary card. You can keep topping up the card as you go. from memory there was another card that was recommended for cash after 28 degrees started charging. it could have been a citibank card?

    Both charge no fees and exchange at the visa spot rate which is quite competitive.

    • Karlotta - Margarita on 12/09/2017 - 22:48

      Already have one of these cards and the idea of giving the mother in law access to potentially thousands of dollars of spending money, in our name, with no way of paying it back is not an option myself or my wife consider. We would prefer a debit style card rather than a credit style card if possible.

      • altomic on 12/09/2017 - 23:52

        Drop the credit limit?

      • iamw0man on 13/09/2017 - 13:57

        Citibank plus account?

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