Same £750. More holiday money
We carried out a simple travel-money price check on the morning of 30 September 2026.
At around 10:50am, we photographed the exchange rates being offered at Marks & Spencer and the Post Office, then checked besttravelmoney.com to see what rates were available online at the same time. – for in store collection via click and collect (and in the case of eurochange they have over 300 stores around the UK – so pretty handy)
The results show why it can pay to compare before buying your holiday money
What did our £750 travel money comparison find?
Our price check found significant differences between the high-street rates we saw and the best online travel money rates available through besttravelmoney.com. For £750, the best online rates we found would have provided €862.05, compared with €834.83 at Marks & Spencer and €840.75 at the Post Office.
For US dollars, £750 would have bought $978.98 online, compared with $948.30 at M&S and $955.50 at the Post Office.
The biggest percentage difference was Japanese yen. The best online rate we found provided ¥152,376 for £750, compared with ¥144,000 at M&S and approximately ¥144,426 using the Post Office’s displayed rate.
That meant comparing online could have delivered €27.23 more, $30.68 more or ¥8,376 more than the M&S rates we saw.