Sim Card for travel

[NixLynch]

Hi!

Just a bit of advice needed. I'm going to be travelling to Ireland in a few days but am still stuck deciding between roaming with a prepaid vodacom sim, or getting a sim card/data package when I land.

Experienced travelers, what worked out best for you?

 

[The_Traveller]

Bud, buy a local (destination) SIM card .

You will most likely get raped with roaming charges. You might think you have everything under control, then you'll come back home realizing you made a big mistake.

 

[absynth]

Bud, buy a local (destination) SIM card .

You will most likely get raped with roaming charges. You might think you have everything under control, then you'll come back home realizing you made a big mistake.

Take this advice.
We always just buy a local SIM and enable SMS roaming on South African SIM.
Never had an issue before.

 

[sajunky]

Cell C WiFi calling on the compatible cellphone and, of course a local SIM card with a data bundle.

Activate WiFi calling before leaving the country.

 

[NixLynch]

Yeah. Will probably go the route of the local sim. Just seems like the most reliable option. The Vodacom travel saver option was tempting for all of 2 minutes.

 

[Tim_vb]

pop a local SIM in your smartphone, put your SA SIM is the most simple dumb phone you can buy at PEP, best of both worlds

 

[Spizz]

Forget traditional phone calls. Buy a local sim with a few gigs loaded and use WhatsApp for keeping in touch back home.