{"id":20239,"date":"2025-09-26T16:38:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/if-youre-not-using-an-esim-when-you-travel-youre-getting-ripped-off\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T16:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:38:04","slug":"if-youre-not-using-an-esim-when-you-travel-youre-getting-ripped-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/if-youre-not-using-an-esim-when-you-travel-youre-getting-ripped-off\/","title":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re not using an eSIM when you travel, you\u2019re getting ripped off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Say goodbye to extortionate roaming fees \u2013 new companies like Airalo, Holafly and Saily offer cheap, easy coverage for your next international trip<\/p>\n

On a week-long trip to Paris last year, I racked up nearly $100 in data charges on my iPhone, with taxes and fees. Ditto for a separate, eight-day trip to Spain, which was even more pricey. And, in what I now jokingly call an act of piracy, my three-week trip to seven countries \u2013 including a seven-day cruise \u2013 cost me over $300 for data.<\/p>\n

I (eventually) learned my lesson, and a little research yielded a simple solution that can make life a lot easier: Switching to a local carrier for your travels. This used to entail a visit to an airport kiosk or a mobile store to get a fingernail-sized plastic SIM chip installed in your phone, but a new feature called an eSIM lets you handle it all from your phone before you even leave. My eSim for Paris cost $11 for 5GB of data, plenty for checking emails, using Google Maps, and browsing social media (although I was careful not to upload photos until I had wifi access). In Spain, I spent $10 for 5GB.<\/p>\n

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\nSay goodbye to extortionate roaming fees \u2013 new companies like Airalo, Holafly and Saily offer cheap, easy coverage for your next international trip
\nOn a week-long trip to Paris last year, I racked up nearly $100 in data charges on my iPhone, with taxes and fees. Ditto for a separate, eight-day trip to Spain, which was even more pricey. And, in what I now jokingly call an act of piracy, my three-week trip to seven countries \u2013 including a seven-day cruise \u2013 cost me over $300 for data.
\nI (eventually) learned my lesson, and a little research yielded a simple solution that can make life a lot easier: Switching to a local carrier for your travels. This used to entail a visit to an airport kiosk or a mobile store to get a fingernail-sized plastic SIM chip installed in your phone, but a new feature called an eSIM lets you handle it all from your phone before you even leave. My eSim for Paris cost $11 for 5GB of data, plenty for checking emails, using Google Maps, and browsing social media (although I was careful not to upload photos until I had wifi access). In Spain, I spent $10 for 5GB. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Say goodbye to extortionate roaming fees \u2013 new companies like Airalo, Holafly and Saily offer cheap, easy coverage for your next international trip On a week-long trip to Paris last year, I racked up nearly $100 in data charges on my iPhone, with taxes and fees. Ditto for a separate, eight-day trip to Spain, which …<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not using an eSIM when you travel, you\u2019re getting ripped off<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20239"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}