Yes you can, but hotels will verify that your card has sufficient funds to pay an estimated bill for your stay. That amount will be “held” in your account, making it unavailable for other purchases.
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There are only a few downsides to using prepaid cards, but they are significant. Prepaid cards come with fees. Cardholders may have a lot of fees, including activation fees, transaction fees, ATM withdrawal fees, reloading fees, monthly fees, or inactivity fees. Check the fine print on the card for fee types.
It's a bank debit card as any other. Usually on flights they save the data to process later and may refuse prepaid card because they are afraid of someone using a card without balance and only finding it later when processing the transaction.
prepaid travel cards? Yes, the Tesco Multi-currency Cash Passport is a contactless prepaid Mastercard currency card, designed for overseas use. However, there is a 2% fee if you use the card in the UK and a £1.50 ATM withdrawal fee.
Unlike a debit or credit card, however, you can lock in an exchange rate at the time of depositing the funds and load multiple foreign currencies in your account – which may be helpful for multi-country trips.
Using credit cards for purchases and using ATMs to get local currency are the best options when abroad. Avoiding cash as much as possible won't saddle you with extra unspent currency when you leave a country.