Back in 2010 Greg Smith and his wife Yvonne from Stoke-On-Trent realised their life-long dream of buying a home in Crete.

When buying their property, which is in the beautiful village of Kritsa, just 15 minutes away from the Greek island’s main town of Ag Nikolaos, the couple used currency exchange specialist Smart Currency Exchange to transfer their money to Crete from the UK, which saved them valuable time and money.

“We started investigating currency transfer specialists when we were going through the process of buying our property in Crete. At first we used our own bank to transfer money into our Greek bank account, but they just made such a mess of doing so. It took my wife about six visits to the bank before they finally managed to get the money to go to the right place! On top of that, the price that they charged us for the service was very high. Anyone would think that we didn’t bank with them!”

Gregory explained how he came across Smart Currency Exchange: “The bank’s terrible service led us to investigate better ways that we could transfer money. We asked around and did some internet research and thankfully we came across Smart – from there, the rest is history. We have made several money transfers with Smart over the last few years and have transferred in the region of 30 thousand pound sterling.”

The couple emphasised that all of their money transferring needs were met by the team at Smart and were fast to highlight that they will utilise Smart’s services for any future transfers that they choose to make: “We will definitely carry on using Smart for any and all of our currency transfers in the future. We have really been impressed with not only the speed at which Smart processed our money transfer request, but also the helpfulness our Smart traders, Richard and David”.

For details of property for sale in Crete or all property for sale in Greece, visit the Greek listings on Rightmove Overseas. For more information on how you can save yourself money and hassle when transferring money overseas, contact Smart Currency Exchange on 0808 163 0102 or download their free guide on making currency transfers by clicking here.

To understand the full step-by-step process to buying a property Cyprus, collect The Overseas Guides Company’s ‘Cyprus Property Buying Guide’