Millions of Brits only carry cash when they travel abroad, study reveals

Brits now only carry cash when they are abroad. (Image: Getty) Millions of Brits now only carry cash when they are abroad and using currency like Euros and Dollars, a study has found. More than two thirds of adults say they are far more likely to use foreign notes when away than British Pound at home, mainly because they are wary of using debit and credit cards in another country.

Half of all holidaymakers take cash of the country they are visiting every time they travel, with fewer than one in five saying they never bother, according to a survey of 2,000 people. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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