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  1. P

    is it safe to walk alone at 18

    ...Pilgrim and Buen Camino). A SIM card for your phone for while you are walking (if you are not already on an EU plan). Options range from an eSIM you can pre-purchase, to a nano-SIM that tyou can pick up in most airports. Download "Alert Cops" -- which gives you an easy way to access local...
  2. Travelin'Tom

    How do you save your iPhone content (Picture & Videos) while on the trail?

    ...my T-Mobile phone with my normal plan and seldom pay more than $10 additional over a month in Europe. Utilizing WhatsApp app and WiFi. I sometimes buy an eSIM for just the high speed data for maps, etc. That was 39€ my last trip, much cheaper than adding international to a us plan. My thoughts.
  3. peregrina2000

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    Oh, no, I have also gotten very accustomed to asking the Vodafone staff to take out my SIM card and put in a Spanish SIM. I have never had a problem, it has worked like a charm! This is actually a reason for me to continue to use my ancient iphone11 as long as I can!
  4. hieudovan

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    I used to get local physical SIM cards for my old iPhone. Worked great. My new iPhone only uses eSIM, no physical SIM slot. I wish they'd give customers a choice. Last month my Airalo eSIM gave me trouble on Via Podiensis. I was able to fix it with their support staff using WhatsApp and wifi in...
  5. hfenton

    Reviving a dormant Orange cellular plan

    Thanks to everyone for your responses to my post. Looks like I can return to Spain with the slim hope of reactivating my existing eSIM, but with the expectation of having to get a new one. Buen Camino
  6. Scott Fraser

    Packing List Review & Questions 3 days before departure.

    ...a Spanish phone number, free texts free calls in Spain and gobs of data. Get a SIM that can be recharged if you need it. If your phone has an ESim you can run home and Spanish numbers at the same time. I always walk with a roll of KT tape - it’s really superior to most other brand and it...
  7. Rick of Rick and Peg

    Reviving a dormant Orange cellular plan

    ...install, review and recharge. I posted links to three videos describing it and the app here: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/esim-for-spain.84326/#post-1205342 If your daughter wants LOTS of data the other big name is Holafly and may be the better bet though more expensive...
  8. canyonhiker

    Reviving a dormant Orange cellular plan

    I've used Airalo in France, Greece and Spain and I really like it. It is data only though, no calls. Use WhatsApp for calls. On the Camino I use a SIM card with a Spanish number to call albergues when I am not on wifi. So it will depend on how long she is in Japan to determine which is better...
  9. Jeff Crawley

    Reviving a dormant Orange cellular plan

    As an aside has anybody here experience with an Airalo eSIM? My younger daughter is off on a trip to Japan and it's been suggested as a "good bet".
  10. Robo

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    ...locally in stores / tabacs. Any problems and a local supplier can fix it for me. I have my home SIM card with me as a further backup. Tried eSIMS a couple of times this year. They didn't work. Impossible trying to fix them whilst overseas. (But of course I had ordered a physical SIM as a...
  11. DoughnutANZ

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    I just checked the Vodafone Spain website and my statement about their account staying active for two years is incorrect. On their website they say that if you have six months from when you last recharged your balance, after that you have 30 days to get a refund of any outstanding balance on...
  12. DoughnutANZ

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    Yes, but she could also just buy a local plan from Vodafone Spain and use both numbers. SIM vs eSIM is irrelevant, both offer the same services. If you really want to you can get a data only SIM. Most people don't bother because for the same money or less you can get data, voice and SMS...
  13. Rick of Rick and Peg

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    Yes. But it can be even better. The eSIM could be installed with a plan that includes both a local number and cellular data. @DoughnutANZ does this and often recommends an incredible Vodaphone plan. You can switch between your country's data and the local network's with phone settings although...
  14. Rick of Rick and Peg

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    Just for information, GPS receives radio signals from satellites and doesn't need to transmit anything so it doesn't use telephone networks, cellular data or wifi.
  15. Thomas Yingst

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    I had trouble in France with Verizon while walking via Podiensis last May … I got an eSIM … that didn’t work either … the GPS worked fine … that was my biggest worry … for all else, I used WiFi …
  16. trecile

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    I think what may have worked better for peregrina2000, assuming that she has a phone which accepts eSim would have been to purchase a data only eSim to be able to use the phone for maps, requesting an Uber, etc. I believe that with her physical Verizon sim card also installed that those phone...
  17. Lynn C O'Hara

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    Yes, I saved that info, too!! Thanks!
  18. Rick of Rick and Peg

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    Last December I wrote a post about installing Airalo on eSIMs. Well, actually, it was links to three YouTube videos that I thought did very good jobs on how to do this. Here's the post: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/esim-for-spain.84326/#post-1205342 I have used my eSIM...
  19. N

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    ...it works the way it's supposed to, as it did on my most recent trips to France & Germany. Last year, to save $, I bought and tried to use an eSim. Setup was complicated and I never got it to work, so back to Verizon I went for one of their international plans. The good news is that...
  20. DoughnutANZ

    Verizon’s International Plan Debacle

    Hi Lynn, thank you for your suggestion. It sounds like a useful idea. Unfortunately it isn't going to work for me in the near future. I am currently juggling at least four things that are important to me and which are soaking up almost all of my time at the moment. I sometimes sneak in a forum...

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