Foreign
Currency Gatwick Airport
You
can buy foreign currency and travellers cheques online and get
great rates and no commission, or you can buy it at the airport,
not get as good rates and pay commission. That's the basic choice.
[See
this gatwick airport news article
on how bad the rates and charges at airports can be].
Buying Foreign
Currency Online
You can buy
your currency online via a number of foreign exchange companies.
Each time we check the rates, including commission and delivery
charges, we find that Onlinefx,
Travelex
and the
Post Office are the most competitive.
With Onlinefx,
if you buy it via a website called www.1stholidaystore.co.uk and
pay via a debit card, the currency is delivered free as well as
commission free. If you order by 12:30 your currency can be delivered
to your home or work by 17:30. the next day. (NB: If paying with
Switch, Delta and Solo cards, just type "free delivery"
in the Promotion / ID box at payment stage.)
With Travelex
you need to give 48 hours notice, but you can collect your currency
from the airport if they have a desk their (as they do at Gatwick
airport). And with the
Post Office you can pick between delivery, or you can
pick your currency up at your local Post Office.
Buying Foreign
Currency at Gatwick Airport
There is
an ICE counter on the railway concourse of the South Terminal
(01923 530 321), plus three foreign exchange counters before passport
control. There is also a desk in the arrivals area of the South
terminal. There is also a currency counter in the North terminal.
