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1 review
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Dreadful. This firm thinks it is ok to headline using misleading terminology! "We use next day delivery service" actually means that once they get around to popping over to the post office that is when the clock starts ticking. Ordered Friday with a date given to them as required by Monday, They offered Wednesday at the earliest! Flying Tuesday!
Disingenuous and misleading!

Date of experience: January 7, 2019
Jack J. https://www.travelfx.co.uk Rep
over a year old

Hi Kevin,

Thank you for your review.

Travel FX does not offer a next day delivery service. It states in our terms and conditions which you accepted upon ordering that, “we do not recommend that you place orders if you require your funds within 2 business days of ordering”. Since you ordered your currency on a Friday and required it by the Tuesday you did not leave use with this timeframe of two business days ready for dispatch. Our website states that 'We will post your order to you anywhere in the UK insured using a next day delivery service (terms & conditions apply)'. This means, as you have said, once we dispatch your currency, it will be delivered using a Royal Mail Special delivery service which is guaranteed by 1pm the next business day. We will review this headline however as many of our customers are choosing not to read our terms & conditions and therefore thinking that the entire service is next day delivery.

Regards,
Travel FX

GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Stay Far Away
November 26, 2019

I ordered £1350 in Polish Zloty on Thursday Night for next day delivery.
On Tuesday 5 days later the currency arrived. It was over 90% 10 Zloty notes. This is the equivalent of £1 notes.
The company were not interested in my complaint. Stay far away.

Date of experience: November 26, 2019
GB
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Do not use this company
October 24, 2019

I ordered currency and paid by bank transfer 2 days in advance but they failed to deliver on the agreed date.

Then charged me cancellation of £65 of the £400 currency I was converting! Appalling.

I have referred this company to the Financial Conduct Authority.

Do not use them.

Date of experience: October 24, 2019
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Rip off
September 3, 2021

If you want to be ripped off, go for it give your money. They wanted to charge me more than £50 for the cancellation of £300 online currency order which hasn't even been dispatched yet. According to the website, I was able to choose a delivery date for the day after but not even a notification's been received day after. And just now, I have been told that it will be arrived after 5 days of the order. Such a big shame.

Date of experience: September 3, 2021
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I lost over 60 quid dealing with this company. I cancelled before the transaction was completed. They tried to make me believe that they were doing me a favour by waving additional costs amounting to another 25 quid. They then told me i would not be able to email again as they would not answer me and then told me that the currency was being dispatched although i had instructed them to cancel the transaction. Will not use again. I now have to fight to get my refund as the information they require is not readily available.and they dont answer the phone either.

Date of experience: July 23, 2021
GB
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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BEWARE
October 27, 2022

Please stay away from this site, they are full of scammers with deceit, if care is not taken, you will lose fortunes to them and they will block you afterwards. I lost so much to these scammers and they thought they could get away with my funds but i took actions on them after i reported my issues, i was able to get back my funds back and brought them to justice.

Date of experience: October 27, 2022
Portugal
1 review
2 helpful votes
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No show money
December 22, 2019

Paid £500 for euros notified of delivery for Monday before 1. Waited, no money. Tracked it. Sent to wrong depot. Sent on next day. Wrong depot again. Delivery by 1. No show again. Notified to receive Wednesday before 1. We left for our holiday 7.30 am. Contacted FX to cancel as not now required. Post office will hold it for 18 days. I can collect it or refuse it and it will be returned for a buy back. They told me no chance of a refund. Unpleasant couldn't care less company. Keep away from them. I will persue my claim in court if needs be.

Date of experience: December 22, 2019
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Good Service
August 15, 2020

Used Travel FX for the first time a few days ago. Ordered currency (Kuna) on a Thursday turned up via Royal Mail registered delivery on Saturday morning. Customer service very good in answering my emails promptly.

Lots of bad reviews but I can't fault them

Ian
West Sussex UK

Date of experience: August 15, 2020
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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STAY AWAY,
Serious privacy issues, before sending your order they may ask you for complete 3 months of your private bank statements, if you refuse they will charge a fee to cancel your order.
Never again!

Date of experience: December 11, 2019
GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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What a con!
February 24, 2015

Ordered currency for next day delivery to get an email to say they had insufficient funds.
I therefore asked them to cancel but said my money had been received and the trade made? They are charging me ridiculous fees now £25 plus 1 per cent of amount plus whatever it costs to reverse trade. I am so gutted that this has happened. Please be aware that there is no guarantee of stock or delivery.

Date of experience: February 24, 2015
GB
6 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Used previously successfully. Ordered Omani currency on Friday morning 'required by' Monday. Without contacting me to say this could not be fulfilled, they dispatched the money on the Monday that arrived after we had left. With charges and buy back, this has cost me over £60 for something they should not have sent. They are hiding behind the small print but this is licence to print money. I will neither use again nor recommend - AVOID!

Date of experience: May 7, 2014
GB
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Ordered £500 in euro never recived them money was tranferred from my bank account same day. Seven days later no euro posted to me. Travelefx informed me that they never recieved an order from me but had my money and now I have to prove who I am to process a refund with bank statements, my money was transferred to them electronicley by Halifax. There are better more secure methods out there than these fly by nights leave well alone.

Date of experience: September 30, 2022
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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TRavelFX have taken money from my bank for currency, sent it to the wrong address, charged me additional postage and then sent it again to the wrong address and again demanded I pay for more postage. I demanded a full refund and they are attempting to but the cash back at less than I paid - do NOT touch this company.

Date of experience: August 18, 2023
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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The first half of the transaction was good. Received the currency and the denominations requested on time (for a £5 surcharge to get small notes).

However, I had excess currency on my return and used the "buy back service". The buy back form and website are misleading in that whilst they say that "we will apply the exchange rate on the day of receipt back to our offices" they do not make clear it is a completely different set of exchange rates not mentioned anywhere on their website and not communicated. I. e. You send the money back and they arbitrarily apply an exchange rate of their choice without discussion. I would not have minded if the rate was vaguely competitive but that was sadly not the case. Will never go near again.

I raised this with them and they were disinterested and felt, despite the obvious, all was as clear as it should be.

Date of experience: September 12, 2016
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don't use TravelFX
September 14, 2015

Don't believe the "Next Day" delivery promise on their website. Not true! Not worth the hassle, you won't get your money back - not sully anyway, even if you cancel your order within less than 24 hours- and won't receive your currency. I will never use them again!

Date of experience: September 14, 2015
GB
1 review
10 helpful votes
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This is the worst company I have dealt with in many years. Their communication is dire and they are unhelpful in the extreme. I wanted to complain to the management and that was not possible. They were asking for information I had sent them 20 hours earlier and as a result I had to pay an extra £10 to get guaranteed delivery. They knew they had me over a barrel. If you do go to them to exchange money DON'T give them money upfront - make it the last thing. Get them to sort out the compliance first before you send them funds. But do yourself a favour... AVOID! Go somewhere else.

Date of experience: July 1, 2017
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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***BUYER BEWARE***
September 9, 2019

***BEWARE*** of buying currency from Travel FX because although they state next day delivery at the top of their website, they do NOT guarantee it! I ordered my currency on Friday morning, expecting to get next day delivery, only to find they were planning to deliver it by 1pm on Tuesday. At the very least Travel FX should email on the day the order is placed if they can't meet their claim of next day delivery. Not only did I not receive the delivery next day on the Saturday, I didn't receive the currency on the Monday either! I just had to pay an extra £20 to receive my currency by 9am on Tuesday in order to catch my flight because they only offer 1pm delivery normally. They didn't even offer to offer to charge me the difference between 1pm and 9am next day delivery, they just charged me the whole amount. Best to order your currency at least 3 days in advance. Needless to say I won't be using them again.

Date of experience: September 9, 2019
Jack J. https://www.travelfx.co.uk Rep
over a year old

Hi Kim,

Thank you for your review.

Our website states that 'We will post your order to you anywhere in the UK insured using a next day delivery service (terms & conditions apply)'. This means that once we dispatch your currency, it will be delivered using a Royal Mail Special delivery service which is guaranteed by 1pm the next business day. Delivery dates are therefore indeed not guaranteed which is clearly mentioned on our order form. Your order cannot be placed without clicking on the check box which clearly states: “I have read and agreed to the terms and conditions and I understand that delivery dates are not guaranteed”.

We state on our terms and conditions that customers should not order funds if they require them within two business days. Our terms and conditions then go into more detail about delivery including how and when we communicate with you, consequently we are comfortable that we met our obligations and you were aware of what they were prior to you ordering from us.

We are glad you received your money before your flight through Royal Mail's delivery before 9am option. In future do give whoever you decide to use a call as the customer service team can advise further on whether delivery is possible for your required date.

Regards,
Travel FX

GB
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I needed currency in less than 48 hours. I was told that to get it in time would “ depend on a number of factors such as currency, stock levels, when we see your payment, etc.” so I paid the money. Only after the transaction was processed was I told that the currency was not available and could not be delivered in time. I found myself inextricably liable for a cancellation fee AND a conversion fee back to sterling, amounting to £109.88 on £703.45. Take care.

Date of experience: November 15, 2015
GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I paid £745.96 last week for us dollars they never arrived confusion Travelfx said over the name on the money transfer and the order complete rubbish I did get my money well £720.96 back yesterday they took £25.00 cancellation fee of me what a joke but I am now dealing with the financial ombudsman I am determined to get me £25.00 and show this company up for what they are

Date of experience: June 29, 2016
GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Ordered1050 USD tried to pay through my bank which did not recognise the account details given. Believing them to be genuine pushed the transaction through (foolishly ignoring the warning message from HSBC). Transaction went through but within less than an hour HSBC recalled the funds and cancelled the transaction. THANK YOU HSBC FRAUD SECTION! Checked Sitejabber and found numerous complaints about them.

Date of experience: May 11, 2021

Overview

https://www.travelfx.co.uk has a rating of 2.1 stars from 66 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with https://www.travelfx.co.uk most frequently mention next day, bank account and customer service. https://www.travelfx.co.uk ranks 92nd among Currency Trading sites.

service
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4
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4
returns
2
quality
6