So it may be that I’m in the UK in a few weeks time. Direct flights arrive very early in the morning. I am going to need to get a car and do some driving and that means navigation and that means air time.
So any tips on what to do? I’m not keen to switch to roaming. I don’t mind not having my SAn number. My phone has e-sim capabilities.
GiffGaff seems to be the SIM card to get. (no hoops to jump through!)
I don’t know if you can buy one at that hour in the morning.
I have one if you’re desperaat…
You can buy the cheapest phone ( complete with a sim card) at Tesco and load the sim card into your existing phone. No questions asked.
Or buy an esim over the internet and load it here to be activated on arrival.
How do you do that? Surely you need a SIM card for the phone??
eSim
Ja. Turns out it’s easy - if you have e-sim. You sign up before you go. They mail you a QR code. When you get to the other side you scan the code and it activates the e-sim.
And here I am, nursing a T-Mobile (now Odido) sim along. Though I must say, having an alternative number (for password recoveries and stuff) that is completely outside your normal contact details… really really nice!
I used to use my dual sim phone a lot with a local sim in each country but Vodacom has stepped up with their Travel Data Bundles (they operate over 7 days). You can activate the service and it automatically activates when you travel, billing you every 7 days you’re overseas.
It’s more expensive in many cases, but is pretty convenenient just to keep using data. Some places (like Canada) it’s cheaper than getting a local sim. Also easier when visiting multiple countries.
