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Quick question to anyone who has experience sending (a small about) of money from the US to a person in Germany. What service would you recommend? I have a PayPal account, but fees are killer for a small amount.

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Quick question to anyone who has experience sending (a small about) of money from the US to a person in Germany. What service would you recommend? I have a PayPal account, but fees are killer for a small amount.

Look up Western Union and Moneygram. They both have agreements with certain banks in Europe to be correspondents. In both cases, at the other end, don't just go to any location because smaller ones will charge an additional fee and/or will not give money in US$ and/or will get you an unfavorable exchange rate.

Finally, check your local bank, some do have special agreements with some banks in Europe.

Finally, I've also used Xoom (xoom.com). It all (fees) depends how quick you need the money to be there.

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Quick question to anyone who has experience sending (a small about) of money from the US to a person in Germany. What service would you recommend? I have a PayPal account, but fees are killer for a small amount.

Do a wire transfer direct to his account. I did this for my fiance. It works really well. Then you have a receipt for evidence of relationship, the money is available to him, and there are great exchange rates through the bank, better than through western union or paypal.

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I use www.XOOM.com for amounts up to 2500 $.

There is just a flat fee of 4.99 $ per transfer (no matter how much you send) from your US bank account to the recipient's German bank account.

Transfer takes only about 3-5 days.

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Thanks, Karin!

I have 2 life insurances in Germany and in order to feed hem, I transfer a $1,000 every 3 months to Germany, which costs me $30 in Citibank wire transfer fees here, plus, I believe, another 10 Euros on the other end. I am doing this for 20+ years now, so I'll give XOOM a try.

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