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Viewing posts tagged with: abroad

Everything You Need to Know About Transferring Money Abroad

By Pauline

Transferring money abroad is something most of us will do at some point in our lives, whether you’re holidaying abroad, buying property overseas, retired expats, parents sending money to children on their travels, foreign workers in the UK sending money home to their families or UK based workers on foreign contracts, who are not paid… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: abroad, convert, currency, exchange, Money, pound, rate, transfer

The hidden costs of a road trip abroad

By Pauline

There’s perhaps no better way to explore a foreign country than by hopping in the car and driving the same roads that the locals do each day. With the freedom of a road trip, you can see out-of-the-way sights and natural attractions that you may not be able to access when restricted to public transport…. Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: abroad, cost, road trip

Banking while living or traveling abroad

By Pauline

Banking while living or traveling abroad

As I have lived in 5 countries and travelled to over 70, people often ask me “how do you deal with money?”. Handling money is a bit different whether you are just travelling once or twice a year to a different country or living in one for extended periods of time, as an expat or… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: abroad, bank, credit card, currency, exchange, foreign

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