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Foreign Exchange Cash & Cheques - Gatwick Airport Guide

Cash & Cheque Benefits

  • 0% Commission rates offered
  • Convenient Spending Method
  • Competitive Rates when ordered online
  • Home Delivery Available
  • Fixed rate upon purchase

Cash & Cheque Drawbacks

  • No section 75 purchase protection
  • Not as secure as cards
  • Travellers cheques less convenient

Changing your money at the airport or at your destination are the most expensive ways to get your foreign currency.There are many options to choose from when ordering online first and you get the currency providers best rates by ordering online for pick up, either at Gatwick Airport or from the providers high street branch.

ICE Commission Free travel money &
next day home delivery with ICE
  Order online now for excellent, award winning exchange rates on your home delivered
  holiday cash, currency cards and travellers cheques.
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Essentially, if you want to make sure you have cash or travellers cheques when you arrive at your holiday destination then you will save lots of time, hassle and money by pre-ordering your travel money first!

Depending on how much time you have and where you live you might be able to pick up your foreign exchange from a high street branch or if you would rather, some providers have bureaux de change at Gatwick's North and South terminals, some even offer home delivery. Take a look below to find out more about the bureau de change providers available to purchase from.

Bureau de Change at Gatwick Airport

These travel money providers have bureau de change situated at Gatwick Airport, either in the North or South terminal (information below). This means that you can go with the cheapest option of ordering your money online and picking it up at the airport before you depart for your holiday. This way you get the providers online rates, rather than the inflated airport rates, but you still have the convenience of picking your holiday cash up at the airport! Alternatively, you could order your foreign currency online for home delivery with some of these providers.

Travelex

Travelex

As the world's biggest foreign currency exchange provider, serving over 30 million customers each year. Travelex can provide all your usual currency exchange services, along with a VAT refund service for non EU residents. Travelex offer a Best Price Promise - They check exchange rates from all the major banks and retailers and guarantee to give you the best price on your foreign currency, or they will refund the difference! Locations include before and after security, arrivals and baggage reclaim in both the North and South terminals.

Moneycorp

Moneycorp

Pre-order with Moneycorp and you’ll get commission-free currency at a highly competitive rate. With branches before and after security at Gatwick Airport North and South Terminals – both in arrivals and departures – you won’t have any difficulty in finding Moneycorp 24/7 in either terminal. You don’t need to pay up-front; just place your order and pay for your currency when you pick it up. You will also benefit from a unique ‘Exchange Rate Protection Guarantee’, at no extra cost. This guarantees that should the exchange rate fluctuate between the time you place your order and the time you pick up your currency, you’ll always get the better rate.

ICE

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Pick up your last minute travel essentials. ICE offers a foreign currency exchange service with the option to have a convenient travellers cash card, pick up some travel insurance or phone cards. You can even order your currency to pick up at the airport or be delivered to your home. The ICE branch is located in the arrivals area of the South Terminal, near the railway concourse.

Bureau de Change outside Gatwick Airport

These foreign currency exchange providers do not have bureau de change situated in Gatwick airport but are popular travel money providers who can give you great rates online, and you can pick up in one of their high street branches, or some offer home delivery. You will still be better to order online from them and pick up or have the cash delivered than going to purchase the holiday cash in their branch.

Post Office

Post Office

The Post Office are a really well known travel money provider in the UK and can offer home delivery of your holiday cash Monday to Saturday. You can also go into one of their 12,500 branches to pick your currency up, but be sure to order online first to guarantee the best rates possible.