I always end up bringing home a lot of leftover change and foreign currency after an overseas trip. What happens to all these left over unspent foreign currency? They all get locked up in my safe together with the other foreign currency. What irritates me most are the coins which are getting heavier.
There is now a solution to exchanging the coins and notes into credits that I could use. TravelersBox Kiosk, which was developed by an Israeli company, has been strategically located at Changi Airport’s Terminal 1, departure terminal west pier and Terminal 3 departures terminal North and South pier after clearing immigration. And since Changi Airport’s arrivals and departures are in the same area, returning travellers can exchange their overseas currency before heading to the baggage carousel. You can’t miss these Blue and yellow kiosks.
The kiosk in Changi Airport accepts Singapore Dollar, Thai Baht, Australian Dollar, RMB, Indonesian Rupiah, Hong Kong Dollar, Japanese Yen, Philippine Peso and Malaysian Ringgit.
Travelers Box lets you deposit leftover foreign coins and bills directly to your online wallets, convert to gift cards or even make a donation. Some of the participating products include Grab, Starbucks UK & Canada only, Skype, Qoo10, PayPal amongst many others. We understand that Grab is popular amongst Singaporeans.
It is easy to use.
Start off by selecting which product you would like to get credits for. Enter your email address and deposit your money. You will then receive an email confirmation with redemption instructions.
There is a 7% charge at exchange rates which TravelersBox claims to be cheaper than the local money exchanges at other airports but uses the same spread here in Changi Airport.
Some of the other airports you can find a TravelersBox kiosk include Turkey’s Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir airports; Tbilisi in Georgia; Milan in Italy; Manila in the Philippines; Tel Aviv in Israel; Toronto in Canada; Tokyo Narita in Japan; Hong Kong; Koh Samui, Thailand; Russia and Brazil.
Meanwhile, check out our other travel hacks when flying from Changi Airport.
