Tagged: communication

eSims for Beginners: Cheaper Phone and Data Costs When You Travel

Many of us love to go abroad but when we do, we are afraid of our mobile phone carrier’s high roaming rates.Time to learn about the eSim, a virtual trick that allows you to access…

iPhone's Satellite Feature Can Help Travelers with No Power or Signal

As part of its standard software, an iPhone can already perform all kinds of handy tricks that are invaluable to travelers—we round up more than 15 useful iPhone travel tools…

These Travel Apps Gobble Up the Most of Your Phone's Mobile Data

Depending on your smartphone's service plan, the expense of data while you're roaming abroad can be one of the ugliest surprises in a travel budget. Forgetting to use the correct…

Verizon Gooses Its International Data Benefits to Be More Competitive

Earlier in 2022, smartphone service giant T-Mobile, which gobbled up competitor Sprint in 2020, flexed the power of its post-merger muscle by increasing the speed and data available to…

Texting Is Now Free on Delta: Here's How It Works

Delta Air Lines has announced that starting this weekend, passengers on 90% of its flights will be able to use the carrier's in-flight Wi-Fi network to text with people on the ground…

Hello? Is the Hotel Room Phone Still There?

At the Arrive Hotel in Palm Springs, a new boutique hotel in the glam desert resort town, the 32 good-looking guestrooms feature plenty of high-tech amenities such as 50” HDTVs…

Foreign SIM Cards Come with Censorship

Bringing an unlocked, out-of-contract smartphone on vacation and buying a temporary local phone number remains far and away the cheapest way to use a mobile phone in Europe. Just be…

Travelers Buying a SIM Card Abroad Faced with Web Censorship They Cannot Reverse

Travelers who purchase SIM cards for lower-cost mobile phone rates in the United Kingdom are finding their ability to surf the Web freely has been curtailed.All the big mobile…

Now AT&T Will Warn You Before You Go Over Your International Limit

A screenshot from the AT&T International Travel AppIt only took more than a decade. AT&T has finally issued a tool to help customers know when they are in danger of…

5 Best Bets for Spotting the Big Five in South Africa

It goes without saying most people visit South Africa with the hope of seeing the Big Five: lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos, and elephants. And while animal viewing possibilities…

Park of the Week: Mammoth Cave National Park

When it comes to America's national parks there are lots of superlatives, and Mammoth Cave in south central Kentucky has several to offer. For starters, it is the world's longest cave…

T'is the Season to Visit U.S. National Parks

The holiday season is fast approaching and if you'd like to share the festivities surrounded by the beauty of lakes, forests, and rugged mountains rather than urban sprawl and…

Remembrance and Respect: Travel to Historic Battlefields Near and Far

With Veterans' Day being commemorated this week, it is fitting to honor the contribution of the armed forces with a glimpse at a few travel options to historic battlegrounds and sites…

Fall is White Truffle Season in Italy; How to Hunt, Where to Stay

At upwards of $1,000 a pound, white truffles (tartufi bianchi) are among the most expensive foods in the world so it's a good thing that you only need a pinch to make any dish fit…

Spring out of Paris for Tours of Brittany and Normandy

The peninsular province of Brittany, rich in Celtic heritage, juts out from the mainland of France like a thumb, with a rocky coastline, monuments and calvaries -- sculpture carvings…