A Low Cost Plan For Using Your Phone Abroad With Flat Rate Data

HolidayPhone is now launching its in a class by itself concept of cheap calls including flat rate prepaid mobile internet abroad on the North American market.

As summer travel season approaches, many tourists will return home unaware of the phone bill waiting for them for roaming with their US cell phone abroad.

Temporary prepaid SIM card for your vacation

HolidayPhone is a temporary prepaid SIM card for your vacation. You are reached on your regular US cell phone number, but you can make calls and use Internet from abroad as cheap as if you were at home. Once back home again you retain your US carrier. With our unequalled concept, a traveler can save $1000 or more in roaming charges.

A HolidayPhone Spain package for the fixed price of $49.90 includes:3 hours receiving calls on your US number - during in Spain.2 hours making calls to US landlines1000MB Mobile internet data usage in Spain.

Compared to AT&Ts optional World Traveler plan, the calls above would cost $297.00 and even using the Data Global Add-On plan, the data cost would be $199.99 for the first 800MB and $19.50/MB above that. That makes the total cost $496.99 compared to $49.90 using HolidayPhone prepaid SIM card for Spain.

Local prepaid Spain SIM card

Since it uses a local prepaid Spain SIM card, it's very easy to use and requires no technical skills. You don't need to download any apps and you make calls to the USA just the usual way. There are no additional fees and no fees are charged retrospectively.

A common understanding is that just not opening the web browser in the phone during abroad, will keep you out of trouble. Nevertheless, since the boom of smartphones, such statement is no longer true. Many applications installed in smartphones use the mobile internet connection without notifying the user. Often these services at the same time consume 2-3MB data/day, or more.

With many US carriers charging around $20/MB for data roaming abroad, it's not difficult to get a phone bill for background data roaming exceeding $500 - without even knowing it.

The biggest difference is that HolidayPhone provides you with a mobile internet connection abroad - during VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) solutions require it. Without a mobile internet plan abroad or WIFI access, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) solutions won't work. That way, for tech savvy travelers, HolidayPhone can be used as the provider of the data network that the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) solutions require. However with the HolidayPhone international call rates being so low, most clients just call as usual without the hassle using complementary VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services.

Another difference is that with HolidayPhone, calls are made just the ordinary way, without any applications or other technical things. You are using your phone the way you are used to from home - however much cheaper compared to roaming with your US carrier.

The company

The company was founded in Sweden while 2010 and has while 2011 expanded with sales in Europe to Scandinavia, Germany and the UK. HolidayPhone currently works for  17 popular tourist destinations.