Question about phones- How do I call a London number using my American iPhone?
Ok to use an example, Im going to say you are in New York and you want to call Hard Rock Cafe London.
This is the phone number for Hard Rock Cafe London - Landline
+44 20 75141700
+44 = the international dialling code for UK
20 = the area code. When dialling from outside the country you drop the 0.
If I was in Edinburgh and I wanted to call Hard Rock Cafe London from a Scottish landline or a Scottish mobile I would dial 020
75141700 = the phone number.
When you travel with your phone to another country, called roaming, you still use the international dialling code. This is because you are still technically using your home country network. The local foreign network will connect you to your home network. I usually store most phone numbers with their international dialling codes in my phone contacts
Everything I have read and seen (Rick Steves, Love & London, etc.) says we should not worry about taking a lot of cash as we will be ok using our chip and signature US credit cards as the machines will know they are not chip and pin and we will just sign as usual. The only exceptions would be possibly gas pumps, tube ticket machines, etc. Is this not true???
I apologize. I posted this before I had read all of the later posts.
Technically this is true. However it really only applies when the card reader machine gives an automatic receipt. This is usually in stores or restaurants or bars. If you use any type of self service machine, such as ATMs, grocery store self service checkout, tube ticket machines, train ticket machines, bus ticket machines, cinema or other venue self service ticket machines, you will need a chip and pin card. It will just take longer to pay for things and is less convenient than chip and pin cards.