Travel - the free prepaid credit card for travel

You want to travel with a free credit card and stay in great hotels, from simple bed and breakfasts to five-star luxury hotels, at the best conditions? Then we have the solution for you: The Travel Card from Swiss Bankers offers everything at once. The Travel Card is free and at the same time you save up to 10% on Booking.com at over 28 million accommodation listing worldwide - plus discounted accommodation! Whether for travel in Switzerland, go on city trips in Europe or visit the USA, the Travel card is the perfect travel companion and is available in CHF, EUR and USD.

If you like to stay in hotels, the free Travel is just the right choice. From hostels to luxurious five-star hotels – you can get up to 50% off at more than 600 hotels in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy with Travel. Thanks to the integrated Hotelcard membership, you save money if you book your travels in good time.

With your Travel card, you can take advantage of all Hotelcard benefits. The good thing is that Swiss Bankers takes care of the Hotelcard membership for you – so you save the regular Hotelcard fee of CHF 99 per year. It is up to you whether you want to take advantage of the offer of discounted hotel nights as a Travel cardholder or not. Take advantage of this benefit at no additional cost and save money on future hotel bookings! Simply register your Travel card here, book your hotel via the Hotelcard.com platform and pay the hotel bill on site with your Travel card.
 

• Up to 50% discount in more than 600 hotels – from hostels to five-star hotels
• Free replacement card worldwide (usually within three working days)
• No annual fee
• Available in CHF, EUR and USD without exchange fees
• Over 70 million points of acceptance worldwide
• Full cost control via the Swiss Bankers app
• Mobile payment with Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay and much more
• No credit check
• Available to anyone 16 years of age and older (12 years of age and older with the consent of a legal guardian)

If you’re looking for a secure payment card with no annual fee that keeps your spending under control, the Travel prepaid credit card is just the ticket. It is ideal for those who do not want to pay fixed fees and want to use the card worldwide when travelling.

In case of loss, the card is replaced worldwide free of charge, including credit, in one to two days by courier. Digitally, a replacement card can even be made available immediately on your smartphone.

Charges are only incurred when loading, topping up and inserting the card.  If you occasionally need a prepaid credit card, you are well served with Travel. With the free Swiss Bankers app, you benefit from additional advantages: You receive a notification in real time for every payment, keeping an eye on all your expenses and your budget under control. You can pay using your smartphone via mobile payment, change your PIN at any time and ensure maximum protection for your card with security settings, such as blocking countries.

If you are not sure when and how often you want to use the card, Travel is exactly the right card for you. With the Travel prepaid credit card, you have no fixed costs. You only incur fees when you use it. Even if you don’t know exactly if and when you will need a prepaid credit card, it makes sense to apply for the Travel free of charge online. If you need the card one day, you only have to load it and it will be ready for use immediately.

If you are not sure when and how often you want to use the card, Travel is exactly the right card for you. With the Travel prepaid credit card, you have no fixed costs. You only incur fees when you use it. Even if you don’t know exactly if and when you will need a prepaid credit card, it makes sense to apply for the Travel free of charge online. If you need the card one day, you only have to load it and it will be ready for use immediately.

The Travel prepaid credit card is ideal for those who use their card only occasionally. The credit can be topped up as needed. A top-up fee of 1.5% of the added amount is usually charged for this (deviations are possible at some points of sale). If the card is no longer used, no further costs are incurred. Swiss Bankers only charges a fee of CHF 1 per transaction (or EUR 1 or USD 1 depending on the card currency) when you use the card.

You can order the card in CHF, EUR and USD. The loading fee is the same for all currencies.

A deposit by bank transfer can be made without restriction either by you or by another person. Loading and topping up via credit card, debit card or PostFinance is only possible with a card issued in your name. Alternatively, you can have another Swiss Bankers cardholder send you money via Send – our innovative money transfer service – at any time.

You can load and top up the Travel quickly and conveniently at the branches of the sales partner from whom you ordered or purchased the card. Many Swiss Bankers partner banks offer instant loading and top-up in e-banking. In addition, you can load and top up the Travel Card via the Swiss Bankers app or the customer portal by bank transfer or by credit card, debit card or PostFinance card. When loading or topping up by credit card or via PostFinance, the balance is available on the card within a few minutes. A deposit by bank transfer can usually be credited to your card on the same business day.

The minimum load or top-up amount is EUR/USD/CHF 100, the maximum load or top-up amount or card balance is EUR/USD/CHF 10,000.

You can load and top up the card easily and quickly. By bank transfer, the new balance is usually available on the same business day. If you load or top up by credit card or PostFinance card, the amount will be credited to your card within a few minutes.

• You can use the Swiss Bankers app to block or unblock the card for specific countries.
• The PIN code can be changed at any time in the Swiss Bankers app.
• In case of loss, simply and quickly block the card via Swiss Bankers app. We will send you a new Travel card with your existing balance worldwide free of charge by courier within a few days.
• Monitoring of suspicious transactions around the clock by our security experts.
• If fraud is suspected, Swiss Bankers notifies you immediately and blocks the card.