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How Much? - Post Office Travel Money Launches
Free Currency Converter App
For New Apple Watch
- UK’s No 1 Travel Money provider launches Free App to help take the effort out of checking overseas prices for travellers
- Currency converter and live daily rates enable tourists to see how much something costs instantly, even when offline
- Buy-back rates added to calculate how much leftover holiday cash is worth
- Overseas visitors to the UK can also calculate prices from sterling into own currency
Post Office, the UK’s Number One travel money provider is launching a free Currency Converter Watch App, which can be downloaded free from the App Store or Watch App Store.
This new app will help Apple Watch wearers, whether holidaymakers or business travellers, take the effort out of budgeting for overseas travel. The app gives access to live daily exchange rates for up to 70 currencies and these can be used to calculate the cost of overseas expenses – from dining out to holiday essentials such as sun cream and insect repellent.
Used by voice, tap or force touch, the Currency Converter App hosts a simple ‘how much is that’ converter, which means wearers can find out quickly how much an item costs when they are overseas, even when offline. Post Office buy-back exchange rates have also been added to the Apple Watch App, allowing tourists to calculate how much their unused currency is worth. The App can also be used by overseas visitors allowing them to, calculate their costs whilst visiting the UK.
Andrew Brown of Post Office Travel Money said: “Our new free currency converter app is a great tool for holidaymakers this summer, helping people budget before, during and after their holiday. The simple currency converter allows the Apple Watch wearer to find out how much something costs instantly, whether that’s a cup of coffee in Paris or an ice cream in Majorca. And there is no need to worry about roaming charges, as the rates are stored offline so holidaymakers can see currency values and calculate prices without internet access.”
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