| The chances are if you’re on this site then you’re probably travelling to South Africa soon, and therefore wondering where and how to get the most rand for your hard earned pound sterling. The best overall value travel money you’re likely to get is by having your cash on a specialist travel money card – but which card offers best value for money when it comes to changing pound sterling into south africa rand? |
Compare travel money cards for South African Rand:
| Card: | Cost of spending 20,000 Rand:* | Saving you up to: | Our Comments: | Visit Site: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
FairFX Anywhere Card |
£1,844 |
£188 |
The FairFX Anywhere Card gets our first prize when it comes to South Africa travel money. There are no foreign exchange fees, you get the best possible exchange rate and there are no hidden fees – the card’s only charge is a 1.5% transaction fee. |  |
CaxtonFX Global Traveller Card |
£1,864 |
£168 |
The CaxtonFX Global Traveller Card works exactly like the FairFX Anywhere Card – There are no foreign exchange fees and you get a great exchange rate, however, Caxton charges you a 2.5% transaction fee. | |
ICE Sterling Card |
£1,884 |
£148 |
The Sterling ICE Travellers Cashcard is a further option, however, compared to the FairFX and Caxton cards there are additional charges. There is a 1% loading fee, a £1.75 ATM fee and a 2% foreign transaction fee. | |
Post Office Sterling Card |
£1,901 |
£131 |
The Post Office Travel Money Card is another card where you have to be wary of multiple fees. There is a cross-border fee (FX fee) of 2.75%, a £2.00 ATM fee and a 1.5% card top-up fee. | |
Travelex Rand Cash Passport – Online** |
£1,914 |
£118 |
When we checked Travelex Rand Cash Passport online top-up costs, they levied a 4.25% exchange rate margin. The card also charges a 5.75% out-of-card-currency use fee. | |
| Travelex Rand Cash Passport – Airport** |
£2,032 |
n/a |
Travelex tend to charge you much more to get your travel money at the airport. When we checked, their London Heathrow travel money booth levied a 10.40% exchange rate margin. They also charge a 5.75% out-of-card-currency making it by far the most expensive option in the cards we reviewed. | |
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*Unfortunately a lot of these travel money cards have hidden charges – so we’d like to give you a fair comparison based on a typical card load and spend. We’ve assumed that our average travel money card users want to load 20,000 rand (approx. £2000) for their trip to South Africa, they’ll have £200 worth of rand left on the card when they get back home which they’ll withdraw from an ATM machine in the UK, they’ll withdraw £400 worth of rand from an ATM in South Africa – and the remainder of the balance will be spent on direct purchases in South Africa. All card rates and charges were collected on 12th May 2010 at 11.30am.
**Travelex may offer different exchange rates and charge different top-up fees depending on where and how you top-up your Travelex cash Passport. The rates and charges quoted above were correct when we collected them on 12th May 2010 at 11.30am from Travelex Heathrow. |
