[Honie]

Hello guys
This may be a silly question but I do not have a proper answer to it. I will be travelling to NZ in a few days and I have to transfer some of my money to NZ. However I do not have a bank account in NZ. Which is the best way to do it? I can not carry large amonuts of cash with me, so I have to find a way to transfer my cash.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Honie

[cappuccino]

Do you have an ATM card linked to your UK acct? You can draw up to 500 dollars from your overseas account every day (I believe). If you have a Nationwide UK account, then you don't pay transaction fees and their exchange rate is quite competitive.

[Honie]

No. I am moving from Japan. I have an ATM card but I doubt if it can be used internationally. My account is in a Japanese bank.

[JandM]

No. I am moving from Japan. I have an ATM card but I doubt if it can be used internationally. My account is in a Japanese bank.It would probably be worth asking your bank, at least. Surely Japanese banks can't be SO different in what they allow from the European ones?

[gpbenton]

How about old fashioned traveller's cheques? Or even traveler's checks depending on where start from.

(Note to self: Must get a New Zealand spell checker)

[sillyskuld]

I do know that you can't use european/american atm cards in japanese atms. You have to go to the post office to use the special international atms to get money there.

It was a pain, but we got verrrryyyy good at finding post offices after a while when we were in japan. :)

It stands to reason, though, that you therefore can't use japanese atm cards in european atms.

[JandM]

It stands to reason, though, that you therefore can't use japanese atm cards in european atms.

Maybe. But if it's so, since the Japanese also travel, perhaps they have a handy alternative worked out. Worth asking, I would've thought.

[Pebbles]

Hi Honie!
Did you check with your bank? They must be able to give you a definite answer.