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Brits' attitude to holiday money

Brits' attitude to holiday money is pants!

Stuffing money in your pants - a trick that has long been popular with revellers during nights out on the town - is also being used by travellers according to a new survey by the recently launched Tesco Travel Money Card.

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British tourists are resorting to desperate measures to outwit pick-pockets with 4% admitting carrying money in their underwear, and - despite having gone out of fashion in the late ‘80s - one in ten Brits admit to using "bum bags" when on holiday to reduce the risk.  

The survey also found the instance of theft to be worryingly common, with 9% of Brits having had their wallet/purse stolen while abroad. Of concern for parents is the statistic that 23.8% percent of travellers aged 18 and under have fallen victim to this crime.  

Lax security offered by hotels is also a common problem with over 7% saying that they had had items stolen from safe or room deposit boxes.

Despite tough economic times, holiday budgeting does not appear to be high on the agenda, with almost 63% of travellers not setting daily limits for spending on holidays abroad.

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