Tagged: phone

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…

Norwegian Cruise Line Throttles Wi-Fi —Now Instagram Reels Cost Another $10/Day

Most of us know that because of the equipment and services involved, Wi-Fi access on cruise ships isn't cheap. The basic package on Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), called Voyage Wi-Fi…

5 Things Cruise Passengers Must Remember to Do—or Else Get Soaked for Thousands of Dollars

Put your smartphone in airplane mode.As TheStreet warns: "It’s not uncommon to hear horror stories of first-time cruisers who neglected to put their phones in airplane mode, only to…

The Frommer's Travel Gadget Gift Guide for 2024

Here at Frommer’s, we’re all about showing you how to make your travels smarter, cheaper, or more fun. So we looked for the latest gadgets designed to do all of the above—just in time…

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…

If You Use the Public Phone Chargers at the Airport, the FBI Has a Warning for You

It's awfully easy to run out of mobile phone power when you travel. The travel industry has offloaded lots of activity and paperwork to the smartphone in your pocket: Flight check-in,…

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…

T-Mobile Boosts Free Perks for Travelers: Roaming, Flight Wi-Fi, Gas Discounts

If you want to feel old, tell the children in your life that not so long ago it was too expensive to use your smartphone on vacation. Back then, if you forgot to put your phone on…

How to Shoot Better Pictures with Your Smartphone

Remember the days when you had to lug around a DSLR camera during vacation so you could get that perfect shot of the Eiffel Tower or Golden Gate Bridge? Or maybe you had to grab a…

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…

T-Mobile's Simple Global International Roaming: Should Travelers Switch?

T-Mobile has been working to publicize its new no-contract Simple Choice plans of late, and perhaps with good reason: There are still a fair number of travelers who are not aware…

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…

The Best Ways to Get Out in Los Angeles

While winter, in other cities, means thinking up any number of indoor activities, L.A. is different. Its blessed climate is one of the nation's most inviting for outdoor play,…

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…

Consider the Crouton: Ritz Carlton Cooking Class Delivers Delicacies Large & Small

If I told you I flew 500 miles to make a crouton, you'd think I was pulling your leg, but that's essentially what I did. In February, I flew from Manhattan to Amelia Island, Florida…

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…