Hi, we haven’t been abroad on a family holiday since pre-brexit. We’ve also now got two teenagers who are glued to their phones. While I’m sure we’ll discourage them a bit, they’ll still use their phones. With all the new charges for roaming, is there a good way to roam while away - or do people go for PAYG sims from the local country?

We’re going to Madeira in this case, but would be interested to hear if there’s any general advice.

  • xPositor
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    1 year ago

    If in Europe, if you don’t have included roaming, most MNOs offer roaming add-ons. Outside of Europe, better value is to pick up a local SIM on arrival, and buy a bunch of data. What I do when travelling outside of Europe with family, is that I take a mobile hotspot and put a local SIM into that, and then allow the rest of the family to connect to that. The advantage of this is that you control the connection - everybody else has their phones set to no roaming (and therefore no risk of uncontrolled cost), and you can topup as required. I have a NetGear AirCard - has a swappable battery so you can keep one spare fully charged.

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      1 year ago

      This seems like a very sensible solution, can’t be dealing with four roaming arrangements!