Case Study: Authentic Vacations saves $10k a month on FX with Airwallex

How Authentic Vacations saved $10k a month on FX

Authentic Vacations, a US-based travel provider, needed a better way to manage supplier payments across multiple currencies. Their manual, fragmented payment process relied on cards and cross-border transfers, which created high FX costs, card fees, and delays when paying overseas hotels, car hire, and tour suppliers. To solve this, they used Airwallex Global Accounts, Payments & FX, and Cards.

With Airwallex, Authentic Vacations streamlined payments by using local payment rails and integrating directly with NetSuite, replacing slow SWIFT transfers and reducing administrative overhead. Airwallex helped them save $10k per month on FX fees, cut 3% per card transaction, and reduce USD-to-NZD transfer times from 2–5 days to just a few hours.

Authentic Vacations

Simon Russell

Chief Executive Officer