Travel money can be a challenge, especially on long term trips. Here's how to carry or transfer money, and to keep it safe too.

The latest study by Thomson, indicates that despite the current economic climate, once Brits are on the holiday, they forget all their worries - specifically financial ones.

The practice of adding credit & debit card surcharges on travel purchases has become epidemic in the UK over the past few years, and now the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has concluded the activity is unfair to consumers.

Tips on how to stay safe from the threat of credit card fraud while traveling.

As Visa is phasing out the Visa Electron cards, Ryanair will stop accepting them from January 2010. This means that the previous only way to pay for Ryanair flights without incurring a credit card fee will disappear.

Chip and PIN, a security feature used on all European credit cards, as well as Mexico, Brazil, and Japan, continue to cause trouble for American travelers. No, not the chip and pin itself, but the lack of this technology on U.S. credit cards.

Now there's one less budget airline in Europe, after Sky Europe filed for bankruptcy on 1 September. The failed airline has also suspended all flights, stranding passengers waiting for their return flights.

Lugging around a big wad of cash is not advisable when traveling. If you're robbed, or your stuff's rifled through, you stand to lose most of your travel cash in one go. This would put a big stick through the spokes of anyone's vacation plan.

easyJet launched their airmiles credit card together with Citibank back in February last year. It's a normal MasterCard, except that you'll collect easyJet Miles for using it

Credit card companies make money from travelers in a range of ways. Besides charging you interest on your purchases, and even higher interest on cash advances, they also charge foreign transaction fees whenever you buy in a currency not your own

Saving money abroad can be a lot simpler than the usual advice. Rather than obsess over the right season to go, which country is the cheapest right now, and so on, simply change how you get and manage your cash for some real travel savings

Cheap air fare is the holy grail of travel. It used to be that I'd budget $500 for the flight and $250 for the rest of the trip... but now competition has driven down prices to the point where truly cheap flights can be had.

Every year, thousands of travelers fall prey to scamming travel agencies that take their money and quickly vanish. Here are 5 vital checks.

easyJet's Iannos Stelios has just launched a new airmiles credit card for his budget airline, and if you're a frequent easyJet traveler, it may be a useful way for you to get free travel.

Restaurants often use underhanded tricks to rip off their patrons by inflating their bills. Here I go through some common ones in London.