If, the money from the sale of your property is enough to buy a cheaper property, and leave some over.. rental income might be good. it also, long term will allow for capital growth if you buy sensibly. This will greatly increase your options as to what to do when you finish travelling
With money, Nationwide provide a checking/cash card account (Flexaccount) they pay sensible interest on teh flexi account, and it can be linked to an 'e' savings account that pays about 6%. Their cash card, or visa debit card allows you to draw money out of a cash machine at the international rate, not tourist rate. for instance last Saturday I got euros at 1.435 to the £ (tourist rate is about 1.35) with no charges. Basically they have this agreement with the cirrus network/Visa that means when you withdraw foreign cash they get charged at the inter bank rate and this is what is deducted from your account without them adding charges or commission They also do a cash ISA, but you are very restricted at how much you can pay in each year. It does pay about 6%+ tax free.
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