New Zealand rewards travellers who leave the cities, and the further you drive, the more useful cash becomes. Sort your travel money before the long flight with a commission-free provider such as Travel FX and the South Island's honesty boxes will make sense immediately. Roadside fruit stalls, farm gate eggs, remote campsites and small ferries still run on trust and coins-and-notes, a lovely feature of Kiwi travel that cards cannot join. Local operators in small towns sometimes prefer cash for last-minute bookings, and market days in Nelson or Rotorua certainly do. Travel FX has supplied currency online for over 18 years, with more than 60 currencies and a 5-star Trustpilot rating from around 32,800 reviews.Travel Money for New Zealand: Cash for the Scenic Route
The honesty box economy
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