Jerlyn Ng
It’s the last leg of your vacation and you’re at the airport stuck with $7.80 of leftover currency. Too much for a box of mints, yet barely enough for an (overpriced) meal at the departure hall’s bistro. Sounds familiar?
If you haven’t heard, TravelersBox is the latest jewel in Changi Airport’s crown of top notch amenities, and it is determined to solve all these pesky post-vacation currency issues we’re too familiar with.
Image credit: Travelers Box
These intriguing yellow boxes (8 of them in total) nested at Changi Airport Terminal 1 and 3 can convert your leftover foreign currency, both bills and coins, into digital money. Yes, something actually more useful than that ugly ass souvenir you would have otherwise bought at the last minute in an attempt to clear your foreign change.
The digital money redeemed can be spent at shops including Grab, Starbucks, iTunes, Lazada, Skype, Amazon.ch, Amazon.jp, Facebook, Qoo10, Tokopedia and Viber. TravelersBox has even teamed up with charities such as Red Cross and Changi Foundation.
Currencies accepted
Singapore Dollar, Thai Baht, Australian Dollar, Chinese Renminbi, Indonesian Rupiah, Hong Kong Dollar, Japanese Yen, Philippine Peso and Malaysian Ringgit.
Partners
Grab, Starbucks, iTunes, Lazada, Skype, Amazon.ch, Amazon.jp, Facebook, Qoo10, Tokopedia and Viber.
It’s only the initial phase of TravelersBox’s launch in Singapore, with nine currencies and eight kiosks up in Terminal 1 and 3. So expect more coming our way pretty soon!
