Sending money to Pinas using World Remit

[Terpe]

you think so? i use western union, i sent £750 around May time and they charged 45 pounds. i use thm 2 or 3 times a month to send money to my wife,but today ive discovered their charge has got up from £4.90 for every£ 50 pounds sent to £6.90.im now looking to use someone else.coz i want to send the 58,230 + for my wifes visa next week,but no way am i useing w/union if i can find someone else.my wife doesnt have a bank account so it has to be somewhere she can pick up the cash. i think i'll try WORLDREMIT? i noticed their charge is £2.99 for 50 pounds.

Yes Brian, I personally found their charges expensive compared to others I was using and that's why I stated so. I have no experience of WU as I don't use them.
The rates you picked out to quote have since been reduced as you can see in their post #12

Hi all,

Thank you for your comments. We listened to your feedback and we have reduced our fees for larger amounts. We don’t charge additional fees for using debit or credit cards.

Here is our new fee structure for Philippines.

For £1.00 - £50 is £2.99
For £50.01 - £75 is £3.99
For£ 75.01 - £150 is £4.99
For £150.01 - £300 is £5.99
For £300.01 - £3,500 is £6.99

Visit our website for additional information https://www.worldremit.com/en/philippines or feel free to contact us at. We are here to help

Regards,

WorldRemit Team

I think they now offer a great service with many benefits for you.

[briancol]

thanks Terpe,but are you saying theres someone else even cheaper than Worldremit?

[Moy]

moneygram is ok and reliable..been using that for 2 years when i was back on the philippines , also we use this moneygram when the time that i am about to applied my spouse visa back 2010
but at the moment i use world remit to send small amount to PH for my parents..in every month..

[Terpe]

thanks Terpe,but are you saying theres someone else even cheaper than Worldremit?

Brian, everyone has their own favourite methods, and there are plenty of organisations/banks/remittance companies who will offer to do it for you.

Sometimes cheap is not always cheap.
Service and convenience are also important

The cost is down to both charges and the exchange rates on offer, and often they vary depending on how much you will send.

If you're happy with WorldRemit then I would say stick with them. Their rates are OK, their exchange rates are OK and the service is reliable and convenient.

Don't give yourself more headaches. You have enough to think about

Good luck

[bigmarco]

I always use Iremit and their fees are about £6 for upto £700 on their Visa reloading card and money always seems to be credited to card fairly quickly.

[Terpe]

I always use Iremit and their fees are about £6 for upto £700 on their Visa reloading card and money always seems to be credited to card fairly quickly.

We also use iRemit and have always received great service and great exchange rates.

[briancol]

ok,thank you Therpe,Bigmarco & Moy.for your help & advice.

[Lancashirelad]

Remember* dont just look at the charges also take into consideration the exchange rate.
You need to look at the total recieved fot the total sent and charged. I always used moneygram for the convienience of being able to send from my local post office.

[Eyes O'Donnell]

my husband use iRemit Global Remittance to send money

[briancol]

ok Lancashirelad & Eyes O'Donnell thanks for that, i used Worldremit a few days ago and found it to be a better service than W/Union.& cheaper.

[Rory]

Western Union i think is the most expensive one and the worst exchange rate. I only use it if i have to send money straight away which is not often now, i use world Remit now straight in to bank account, great service in my opinion.

[briancol]

yes Rory ur right about w/union,ive used them for just over a year now and only just realised how expensive they are but no more,ive started using worldremit and im happy enough with their service.thank you for ur reply.

[Stephen550]

Hi
Thanks all and WorldRemit, need to send money soon to my gf, checked WorldRemit site and will now be using them instead of WU who are becoming expensive.
Thank you.

[Terpe]

Hi
Thanks all and WorldRemit, need to send money soon to my gf, checked WorldRemit site and will now be using them instead of WU who are becoming expensive.
Thank you.

Hope you'll find some time to give feedback.
Every little helps

[Stephen550]

Hi all, just opened an account with WR , sent money to my gf, no problems and not as expensive as WU. I would recommend this company.
Thanks for the info.

[Terpe]

Hi all, just opened an account with WR , sent money to my gf, no problems and not as expensive as WU. I would recommend this company.
Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the feedback Stephen

[Rory]

Best exchange rate i have found. Business rate when i sent some money tonight was 68.1 peso and i got 67.3 from WorldRemit

[Marie]

Husband and I are having problem with this company...he transact May 8 but until now there's no message from them and no money are credited to my account....I attached here what they emailed to my husband.......anyone who has the same experience like this?




Dear Michael

Thank you for using WorldRemit online money transfer.

Your transaction for £ xxxx is being processed and a confirmation including the transaction number will be sent to you shortly......

[irishman12]

Hi Marie ,maybe try tomorrow or try to contact them if not ,perhaps next time have a look at http://www.cbngrupo.net/ ,they give a much better exchange rate and i think fees are lower .

[briancol]

ive been using worldremit for a few months now and had no problems with them.

[Dedworth]

Hi Marie ,maybe try tomorrow or try to contact them if not ,perhaps next time have a look at http://www.cbngrupo.net/ ,they give a much better exchange rate and i think fees are lower .

cbngrupo - My wifes always found them to be a good outfit - I phoned up once (this March) did the transfer and the cash was out there in a couple of hours