Anonymous
Post 03/10/2025 05:14     Subject: Traveling to Europe-cell phone
International coverage is part of my T mobile plan.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 22:29     Subject: Re:Traveling to Europe-cell phone
Anonymous wrote:Verizon also has 100/mnth international plan.


This. We chose this when we had two week vacation to Italy.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 21:41     Subject: Re:Traveling to Europe-cell phone
Verizon also has 100/mnth international plan.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 21:40     Subject: Traveling to Europe-cell phone
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just bought a $20 eSIM and used in Paris and it worked great. It was from Orange. Can reload or buy a larger one.


Sounds economical will check it out.

Thanks
OP


These are good plans, but note that you will "lose" your regular phone number because your Verizon SIM will be off. Your phone will have a French (or whatever country you land in) number for the duration of your trip.

Can be a problem with getting things like texts from banks, etc to login, plus folks at home. Can be an issue for some, not for others. But yes $40 for 2 phone for 2 weeks obviously much better than $340.


Thank you. Yes adults need to keep the US number. For teens we can use the local number.

Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 21:16     Subject: Re:Traveling to Europe-cell phone
Anonymous wrote:We have an international plan through AT&T for $10/day.


AT&T is now $12/day, but additional users on the same account are $6/day. I think there is a max number of days in a month. It does add up -I think my bill was $170 higher last month with a European vacation.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 21:07     Subject: Traveling to Europe-cell phone
When we went, my phone had the $10 a day plan, and my kid didn’t have that option so he got a SIM card at the airport (eSIM might be easier, but his phone was older). It was actually good having one of each. My phone was totally seamless, and if we needed a local contact number for a restaurant or something, we used his. But as the pp said, if you have multifactor authentication by SMS, you need your US phone number to work.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 21:00     Subject: Traveling to Europe-cell phone
Check your plan, I get a discount on additional lines too.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 20:51     Subject: Traveling to Europe-cell phone
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just bought a $20 eSIM and used in Paris and it worked great. It was from Orange. Can reload or buy a larger one.


Sounds economical will check it out.

Thanks
OP


These are good plans, but note that you will "lose" your regular phone number because your Verizon SIM will be off. Your phone will have a French (or whatever country you land in) number for the duration of your trip.

Can be a problem with getting things like texts from banks, etc to login, plus folks at home. Can be an issue for some, not for others. But yes $40 for 2 phone for 2 weeks obviously much better than $340.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 20:30     Subject: Traveling to Europe-cell phone
Anonymous wrote:Just bought a $20 eSIM and used in Paris and it worked great. It was from Orange. Can reload or buy a larger one.


Sounds economical will check it out.

Thanks
OP
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 20:29     Subject: Re:Traveling to Europe-cell phone
Thank you everyone. Just checked Verizon have a plan $12/ day .

OP
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 20:10     Subject: Traveling to Europe-cell phone
We had data and texting on Google Fi included with our plan. I'm pretty frugal, but I would have paid for it because it was so much more convenient, especially with teens going off on their own and using Google maps. Or buying tickets to things while out.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 20:06     Subject: Traveling to Europe-cell phone
Just bought a $20 eSIM and used in Paris and it worked great. It was from Orange. Can reload or buy a larger one.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 20:04     Subject: Re:Traveling to Europe-cell phone
Anonymous wrote:We have an international plan through AT&T for $10/day.


Same but with Verizon.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 19:53     Subject: Re:Traveling to Europe-cell phone
We have an international plan through AT&T for $10/day.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 19:49     Subject: Traveling to Europe-cell phone
We have Verizon phones and we are traveling to Europe for 2 weeks.I was wondering about cell phones data and wireless services. How to you all manage?