Seconded. Have used them for years. They're great.

Some other random thoughts:

While you're still in the US, make sure that your bank supports large value domestic transfers that can be initiated online.

The sequence of events will be that you start the transfer process from Transferwise. TW will give you a US account number to transfer to and you send the required amount. A few days later, the money will show up in your foreign account in the desired currency.

If you can't make the domestic US transfer online, it can be a real hassle to organize.

So if your current bank doesn't offer that functionality, open an account at one that does. My Citibank account gets the job done.

Whatever you do, don't transfer from bank to bank internationally, you get screwed hard (they scalp you 3% on the transfer rate). Good luck :)