International travel and your mobile phone

Taking your normal mobile phone service to another country, often called international roaming, is likely to be very very expensive.

• You will be charged much higher rates to make calls
• You will be charged to receive calls
• It is very likely that calls made whilst you are oveaseas will not be included in your monthly plan
• It is common for people to come home to a phone bill of over $1000!
• In many cases, phone bills have run into many thousands of dollars!

What are your options?

• Don't take a mobile phone with you
  • Hotel phones are also expensive
  • Public phone boxes are disapearing or often vandalised
  • In our day and age, mobiles are a welcome added security measure
• Get a local sim card when you arrive
  • Not good if you are visiting more than one country
  • How will you add credit?
  • What will be your phone number?
  • You must fully research this option for each country you travel to as there are many potholes
• Take your normal mobile, but use it sparingly
  • You will be charged to receive calls - how can you stop someone from calling you?
  • One 10 minute phone call will cost you over $60 in many countries
  • Consider very carefully how you will use your phone - many people say that they will only make a few calls but this soon goes out the window with a flight change, booking change, surprising family event back home, theft, etc etc
• Take a TravelSIM instead.
  • Phone calls are much cheaper (often more than 75% cheaper!) in almost all countries
  • It works with your normal mobile handset and is easy to use
  • You will not be charged to receive calls in over 60 countries

For only $49.95, TravelSIM allows you to stay in contact easily, and could save you hundreds and hundreds of dollars.

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