Re: [apple-iphone] US iPhone5 - travel to Europe

I just saw this sim card information email. Thank you. Time to do some research and maybe the hotel can help with the language issue. Thanks again!
On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Jo Anne <bluehaze911@gmail.com> wrote:

> Over the last 3 years, I've travelled to London (with side trips to
> Cambridge & Bath), Paris, Italy, Greece, Austria, Switzerland & Germany. In
> my experience, free wifi is very hard to come by. Even those places that
> have it may require you to register but you can't because you have to have a
> local phone # to do so. Out of all the places, England was the easiest. I
> walked into a t-mobile store in Bath and got a local sim for $10 for the
> week. It had unlimited internet and some minutes (don't remember how many).
> Since I had my kids with me, I didn't expect any incoming calls - I would be
> making all the calls back home, so having a local # was not an issue for me.
> In Paris, my hotel had free wifi so I used skype to make calls. The other
> countries were harder 1) because of the language barrier - I don't speak the
> languages and most of the store workers in the mobile stores did not speak
> English and 2) because I was travelling to multiple countries on each trip,
> it would require a sim in each country or buying a world sim and I was
> getting too confused in my research on it. On all my trips, I signed up for
> the World Travelers option through ATT that was $5.99/mth plus $1 a minute
> (or more depending on country) for calls as a backup. Unfortunately, I had
> to use this quite a bit through Italy & Greece. Last year, I found out ATT
> has a VOIP app for the iPhone called ATT Call International. If you have
> wifi access and initiate your call through this app, your calls can be as
> low as 3¢/min depending on what country you're in. I used that quite a bit
> in Austria, Germany & Switzerland. I found it was cheaper to pay the couple
> of bucks for internet access and use this app than to pay the world traveler
> fees and I could download emails, surf and let my kids get online too. I'm
> still researching what options are available for Spain which is where I'm
> headed this year.
>
> No matter what, I would bring it with me in case of emergency. For example,
> the trips I go on are school trips. If a kid were to get lost, I could turn
> my phone on so the child could call me.
>
> Hope this helps you.
>
> Jo Anne
>
>
> From: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com [mailto:apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of digngen
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 11:40 AM
> To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [apple-iphone] US iPhone5 - travel to Europe
>
>
> There is a possibility I might get to go to Europe (London, France, Italy)
> sometime this year. It would be a first for me.
> Should I take my phone or leave it at home?
>
> I am wondering how useful it would be over there or would it just cost me
> too much to use it.
>
> Would I need to make some arrangement before the trip?
> I've heard using a local (Europe)card or the internet would be a wiser
> choice for communicating back home(US).
> What could I use it for while in Europe?
> Are there apps that I could use there? Would I be charged to use them in
> Europe?
> What can I use it for without additional fees?
> I don't want to end up with a giant bill when I come back.
>
> Information and tips are much appreciated!
> Regards, PM
>
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