Comments on: How to Use Your Cell Phone in Another Country https://marionthemap.com/how-to-use-your-cell-phone-in-another-country/ Family Travel + Experiences Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:44:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mari https://marionthemap.com/how-to-use-your-cell-phone-in-another-country/#comment-595 Tue, 15 May 2018 20:14:27 +0000 http://marionthemap.com/?p=1277#comment-595 In reply to Le Anne Lindsay.

Hi Le Anne! Your trip will be amazing! Fifteen years ago, you probably didn’t use a phone and went to an Internet cafe to check your email. Those days are gone! Do you know if your hotels will have Wifi? Most hotels offer free Wifi these days, and you can check in with people at home to let them know you’re safe that way. To be perfectly honest, I usually just do that if I’m in a place where I don’t need Wifi. For big cities like London and Dublin, you can download offline maps via Google Maps to help you get from place to place and might not need constant access. Will you be driving at all? If so, I’d definitely recommend Skyroam for the peace of mind while you’re en route! Happy to chat further about your trip specifics – let me know 🙂

]]> By: Le Anne Lindsay https://marionthemap.com/how-to-use-your-cell-phone-in-another-country/#comment-576 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:22:57 +0000 http://marionthemap.com/?p=1277#comment-576 In reply to Mari.

Hi Mari,

Thanks for clarifying. I kept meaning to check back for your answer, then today my travel agent sent our itineraries and it dawned on me, wait! I still need to figure out the phone situation.

We’re heading to London and Dublin June 18th – 26th, wish it could be longer. I’m thinking of being laptop free for a change, which scares me, but I figure I’m not going to be blogging while on holiday, so if I have my phone I should be fine. I went to Paris 15 years ago and I don’t remember what I did about phone/laptop. I don’t think I was as attached. Probably still had a flip phone back then. Anyway, if you think of any other important tips for non-frequent travelers, please email me: tinseltine@gmail.com

And I’ll continue to peruse your blog. I’m also a PHLBlogger by the way!

]]> By: Mari https://marionthemap.com/how-to-use-your-cell-phone-in-another-country/#comment-569 Sun, 25 Mar 2018 15:29:48 +0000 http://marionthemap.com/?p=1277#comment-569 In reply to Le Anne Lindsay.

Your phone and apps will all work normally when connected to the WiFi. You only need to contact your cellphone carrier if you additionally want to sign up for their data package available in the country you’re visiting. As mentioned, I have tried that in multiple countries, and the service isn’t great. If you want to test it out at home, you can put your phone in airplane mode and connect to WiFi to see that your apps will all work normally!

Skyroam offers day passes only right now for using the WiFi, so you’ll have to use one of the day passes you bought even if you only use it for an hour. But you are correct that if there’s a day you don’t need it at all, you don’t have to use one of the day passes and you won’t be paying. Where are you headed on your trip?

]]> By: Le Anne Lindsay https://marionthemap.com/how-to-use-your-cell-phone-in-another-country/#comment-564 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:35:17 +0000 http://marionthemap.com/?p=1277#comment-564 Thanks so much for sharing this! But to clarify, other than making sure my phone is on airplane mode during the trip, my phone and apps will work like normal just using this WiFi hotspot? I don’t need to contact my cellphone carrier for anything to go abroad and use my phone, correct?

Also, it looks like price wise buying the Skyroam Solis is more economical than renting the skyroam-hotspot, because you have to pay $9.95 per day on the rental even if you’re not using the WiFi all day, where it looks like you can just pay as you go with the pre-paid cards that can be used with the Solis, this way if you only use an hour of WiFi that day you haven’t lost any money, correct?

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