transferring money to Croatia

[joannie10]

I am trying to transfer a small amount of money to a private accommodation provider in Croatia. This is for a deposit for accommodation for a summer holiday. The deposit is 153 euros. He asked for money transferred to his bank account or would accept a cheque. I went to my bank here in the UK and they said best and cheapest way was a currency draft and this would cost me �10. Went yesterday to arrange this and because they put for it to be sent in euros the correct country it was being sent to would not come up on their list (or so they thought). I double checked with receiver that he would accept Kuna and then went back to bank - problem is they wont sent to Croatia because 'dont often get asked for there so have removed from our list'. My only option seems to be to send Western Union and this cost extra �21 ( i am only sending �105). Does anyone know if there is any other way - he cannot accept payment by card. My bank is A*bey, maybe someone knows another bank that can help me? many thanks I thought this would have been easy thing to do.

[dzug]

Your best bet if you trust him is to buy �155 in notes and send them international recorded mail to him. Less than �10 total charges. (�4 or 5 postage �5 exchange 'fee')

You probably will find a bank to help - probably one of the larger ones - but many charge more than �10. A Thomas Cook BdeC is another possibility - they certainly used to do currency drafts

[joannie10]

thanks dzug - that is really worth a thought about sending the euros. Was thinking surely some bank may be able to do the transfer so was hoping someone on here would have had some experience of doing this with another bank.
thanks

[dicky113]

How about asking him if he can accept Paypal? the account is free to set up and if he registers a debit card there would be no postal charges and just a small exchange rate charge. It would be safer than sticking cash in an envelope !

[BenDToy]

How about using PayPal. I am fairly sure it would provide a simple (and cheap) method of transferring money in any currency. But don't try to pay by credit card, this would cause problems for the recipient.

[BenDToy]

sorry dicky113 - I am sure it said there were no answers when I first looked. Great minds think alike!