r/eSIMforTravelers

Going to Portugal, Spain, and a 7 day cruise soon. What eSIM are you guys using lately that actually works well? I have an iPhone and mainly need data for maps, WhatsApp, Uber, etc. Wondering if Airalo is still the best option or if there’s something better now. Also, does it work during the cruise or not really?

I haven't seen many recommendations of what to do connection wise on other channels so I'll share my research in case it's helpful to anyone. I've come across regional eSIM plans, I've tried normal eSIM plans for a country before but never a regional one.

RedteaGo has plans for $20 - 10 GB - 30 days, seems like a good price compare to what I've found but never heard of them.

Airalo and Holafly are the most common but very expesive, especially for regional plans.

ZIM Connections I've used a couple of times for single country plans and always works ok plus they are affordable, 10 GB for 30 days is around $25

Reddit recommended PureVPN local plans if not but the Mexico ones are very expensive on any provider I've found.

As plans for Mexico are very expensive everywhere I think a regional plan is the best way to go.

Daughter bought an iPhone 17 in Dec on ATT payment plan. Just found out that her eSIM is locked.

Option 1: pay off the phone to unlock the eSIM

Option 2: please advise

She leaves on 5/20 from US for 3 months. She has a Saint plan, but can’t load it yet.

Thanks.

UPDATE: Instead of paying off the phone, we put her phone on the ATT International plan for 3 months. It’s an additional $30 per month, but she was going to pay $22/month for a Saily eSIM. We can transfer back to her regular plan when she returns.

Hi everyone,

I’m going to Europe for 2 months this summer and I’m looking for an e-sim with calls/SMS that I can use in all 10 countries I’ll be visiting (Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic, Switzerland, France, Italy, Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Croatia). The only one I’ve been able to find that covers all 10 countries is Airalo, but it doesn’t offer calls/SMS. I want a plan with a phone number because I want to be able to call my grandma while I’m abroad, and she doesn’t know how to use WhatsApp. Does anyone know of a plan that could work for me? Or would there even be a way to keep making calls and texts from my American phone number with an e-sim?

thanks for the help!!

Combining both countries during one trip. Anyone who can recommend a stable eSIM? Thanks!

Ubigi has an "Best Asia" 10 GB esim for 30days for $28. Is 10GB enough for 14 days? I mostly just use map, search, translation, email, not video streaming.

Hi, has anyone used alosim for EU recently? Does it work well? I’m travelling to Spain and Italy, is there an option where I can buy one pack for both the countries?

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Recently I tried to activate an eSIM with EIOTCLUB, which I had trouble getting it to activate the plan. I found a solution which I wanted to share with everyone in case anyone else is having the same issue.

I followed the instructions as per EIOTCLUB and in my case the VIVO network in Brazil. I scanned the QR code, and got an error that the code was invalid.

The code that was given to me looked something like this: LPA:1 $vbr.prod.ondemandconnectiv ity.com$3OBI1FTK14GHA86K$

The solution: LPA:1 $vbr.prod.ondemandconnectiv ity.com$3OBI1FTK14GHA86K

Simply remove the $ at the end of the code

As simple as this sounds, I couldn't find a solution online and only figured this out through trial and error. Hope this can help someone else out there facing the same issue :)

Hello everyone. I am an international traveller planning to visit the US for a few days. For several reasons, I decided to get an eSIM with AT&T. I found the "Connect on Demand by AT&T" service very suitable for me and might be the only official place selling a short-period eSIM.

It seems to be a new service, as I cannot find any information about it apart from the website. I guess this service was used only to do the "Turbo Live" stuff, and AT&T added the eSIM recently.

Following the instructions on the website, I downloaded the App but failed to purchase in advance, because the App says:

>You're currently outside of the United State.
To purchase this service, you need to be physically located within the United States.
We've detected that you're currently outside this region. Please come back to complete your purchase when you arrive!

It is ridiculous and contradicts what AT&T advertises on the website:

>Choose your desired connectivity start date and purchase service up to six months in advance, or opt to start your service immediately. ... Download your eSIM up to seven days before traveling. Your service will automatically start when you arrive at your destination in the U.S. or North America.

I hope someone could share some information if you know it or have used it. Is this service good to use? Why do I have to purchase it after arrival (doing all these stuff using airport wifi) instead of installing it in my home country? Are there other places to get an AT&T eSIM conveniently and securely?

If you want good internet in Turkey, I’d recommend Mobisim. I saw people mentioning it in this sub and I also used it myself last week, it worked really well. I used the Turkey Premium package and had a very good experience with it.

I’m heading to Europe soon for two weeks and have enough Global Pass days on my Visible Pro + plan to cover all but two days of my travel. I’m planning to purchase some pay-as-you-go data via Roamless to cover the shortfall.

Is it best to full turn off my Visible eSIM on the days I use Roamless to avoid the $10 charge? Or will just turning on data for Roamless and disabling data switching be enough? I don’t want to pay $10 for receiving a SMS text. I’ll be using an iPhone.

Feels like every trip I take now, more people are using eSIM instead of buying local SIMs at airports. Even some carriers are starting to push eSIM pretty heavily already

Wouldn’t surprise me if by 2030 physical SIMs become kinda rare honestly. probably cheaper/simpler for carriers too. Curious what people think though, especially for long-term travel or privacy/security reasons

Landing in Porto on Tuesday for 4 days. Staying near the Ribeira area but I'm planning to do a lot of walking up those hills so I'll need maps working 24/7. Roaming with my current plan is $12 a day which is ridiculous for a short trip. Any cheap esim recs for Portugal? 3gb should be plenty.

Edit: thanks for the help guys. i went with eSIMX. found a plan for $3.50 and the best part was buying one for my wife in the same checkout. saves me the 20 mins of troubleshooting her phone when we land. got 10% back too.

Any recommendations for e SIMs or similar for backpackers? Best value for money for longer periods (up to 3 months). Preferably global but heading to the US and Europe.

I've done some brief research but there seems to be a very large scope of different providers (price/range/plan length).

I have been in Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil for quite some time and I have been on eSIM, but the eSIM's only provide internet (DATA ONLY)

This means that whenever I need to call pharmacy or rental company (those that are NOT in whatsapp or in any other types of web-based phone service), I have to find an alternative way to call them. This is getting frustrating, so I am going to actually adopt full-fledge Brazilian phone line. Which one should I go for? I have done my research and frankly, they sound kind of similar.

Just having difficulty making decision. Which should I get? Your input may kickstart myself into thinking to new directions and it will help tremendously to make decisions. So, please let us know which phone line in Manaus I should get and what has been your experience like with that company. I really really appreciate you.

Hi I wanted to ask as it’s my first time traveling to Prague and Vienna, I wanted to know if I could just get a European eSIM or if I have to get something in specific for these places. Please let me know your best options! Thank you

Hi!! This is so urgent but I'm wondering exactly what the title says. I need to access TikTok, Instagram, Youtube/Google for work in Hong Kong and China. I'm looking to get the Asia plan from Airalo because I will be in other countries too.

Does this by itself work, and if not, what VPN should i use thats affordable and sure to work?