Planning Holiday Spending So Less Comes Home

The cheapest leftover currency is the kind you never buy, and a little planning shrinks the pile that returns with you. Even so, some surplus is inevitable, which is where a currency buy-back service from a provider such as Travel FX earns its keep.

Taper the final days

Switch to spending down your cash in the last two days: settle small bills in notes, pay the final dinners in cash and keep just enough for the airport transfer.

Buy in sensible tranches

Ordering slightly under your estimate and topping up by card at the end beats overbuying by a wide margin.

For whatever remains

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