Tagged: roaming

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…

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…

Why Your Phone's Navigation App May Be Useless for Driving Outside Your Home Country

If you're planning to rent a car on a road trip in another country and you think you can simply use your mobile phone for step-by-step driving directions, think again. Technology can…

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…

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…

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,…

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…