Cjjoncas
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Sep 9, 2012
Another question...
Did anyone have international roaming added to their cell phone prior to leaving? I'm wondering if it's worth it.
We don't need to stay connected to our jobs. I guess if there's some emergency back home we would need to be reached somehow but really have no intentions of using our cell phones.
I guess perhaps if God forbid, one of our kids gets lost, someone ends up in the hospital, or we miss the all aboard time, we'd use our phones. Really at that point I wouldn't care about my next month's cell phone bill total.
Maybe if we have to call RIL or Barcelona Day Tours if our drivers are a no show. I don't know.
This is AT&T's international talk plan:
AT&T Europe Travel Minutes*
Monthly Charge: $30
Included Minutes: 30 ($1.00/min.)
Per-Minute Overage: $1.00
or
$60
80 ($.75/min.)
$1.00
or
$120
200 ($.60/min.)
$1.00
*One-month minimum required. If you remove the package before your monthly bill cycle ends, the included monthly minute allotment will be reduced proportionately. Package and overage rates apply to calls made and received within applicable region only. Usage outside of the region will be charged at applicable pay-per-use rate.
Pay-Per-Use Calling Rate in Europe Region**: $1.50/min.
** For making and receiving calls in the "Europe Region".
Or maybe we should go to AT&T and get good instructions on how to call Europe & the USA from Europe, print on little cards for each of us including kids. (They're 13 & 16.)
What did you do?
On a recent trip to Portugal, we went to a local cell phone store and got a cell phone and 2 hours worth of talk time for 20 euros. The whole process was quick and painless. It was great to have a phone to use and gave us peace of mind since we had a rental car and doing long day trips. Not sure if there are the same offers in Barcelona but something to think about.