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I am an expert in money savings and here it is why you should always turn off voicemail abroad

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Clare Casalis, a senior public service analyst at Moneyavingexpert, has revealed her best tips to prevent your device from secretly accumulating charges while drinking Daiquiris de Banana

Nothing provides the blues after the holidays faster than a large telephone bill incurred by its device secretly accumulating charges while drinking banana daiquiris.

To avoid a shock raid in your bank account by the supplier of your phone, continue reading our best tips on the use of your phone abroad at a low price.

We reveal the flight mode that confuses travelers in the airplanes and cruises that they do, why you should always turn off the voice mail, the best network suppliers for balloon trochers and more.

Brexit subsequent roaming charges

Before Brexit, the EU roaming regulation meant using its calls of calls, text messages and data when traveling through Europe did not incur additional costs.

But this guarantee was dissolved after Great Britain left the European Union in 2021.

Although many networks, including O2, continue to offer free roaming in Europe, three of the main suppliers, three, Vodafone and EE, quickly reintroduced the charges.

According to Clare Casalis, senior public services analyst MoneysaveingexpertThree is the most reasonable of the three, charging their hired customers £ 2 per day, and also offers passes of several days, ranging from £ 5 for three days to £ 24 for fifteen days.

Meanwhile, EE charges £ 2.47 per day for those in contract, or £ 2.50 per day for their pay customers for use, and Vodafone customers can expect to pay £ 2.42 per day, £ 12 for eight days or £ 17 for 15 for 15 days.

Clare Casalis, a senior public service analyst at Moneyavingexpert, has revealed her best tips to prevent your device from secretly accumulating charges while drinking Daiquiris de Banana

Roaming positions in Europe
SUPPLIER Additional charges Fair use data lid
EE £ 2.47/day for contract. £ 2.50/day (£ 10 for 7 days) for payment for use 50 GB
O2 None 25 GB
Three £ 2/day for contracts (or 3 -day pass per pass of £ 5, 7 days for £ 12, pass 14 days for £ 24). None for payment for use. If you need more than your United Kingdom data subsidy, you can buy a Data passport for £ 5 for unlimited data in 89 countries 12 GB
Vodafone £ 2.42/day (or £ 12 for 8 days or £ 17 for 15 days) for contracts. From £ 9 per 3GB for 8 days per payment for use 25 GB
Asda Mobile None 5 GB
Giffgaff None 5 GB
Mobile id None 30 GB
Lebara None 30 GB
Lycamobile None It depends on your plan
Darling £ 2/one day No established limit
Smarty None 12 GB
Mobile Superdrug None 12 GB
Talkmobile None. If you need more than your United Kingdom allocation, you can buy a holiday reinforce Other European destinations (£ 2.25/day, £ 10 for 8 days, £ 15 for 15 days) 15 GB or 5 GB
Tesco Mobile None until 2026 N / A
Voxi £ 2.45 a day for 1 day, £ 4.50 for 2 days, £ 12 for 8 days or £ 17 for 15 days
Correct from January 2025. Source: Moneysaveingexpert

Further, invoices can accumulate even more, since international roaming can cost ‘up to £ 15 per day’.

But it is the cruises that have to “be very careful,” says Clare.

“Your phone can connect to a” maritime “network or a neighboring country, which may be outside its roaming allocation,” she says. “Therefore, it is probably better to use any free Wi-Fi or restrict the use of your phone when you return to dry land, and always check the network that your phone connects.”

Clare’s advice, if you do not want to incur any of these additional positions, is to turn off the roaming completely, through the configuration of your phone.

And remember, the flight mode, which blocks digital data services, can be used together with Wi-Fi, so that you can not make calls, but you can transmit unknown films.

Clare recommends downloading all your important documents, including shipping passes, the use of Wi -FI before traveling

Clare recommends downloading all your important documents, including shipping passes, the use of Wi -FI before traveling

How much does it cost to use my phone outside of Europe?
SUPPLIER INTERNATIONAL ROAMING COMPLEMENTS
EE EE charges between £ 5 and £ 15 per day (£ 25 or £ 37.50 for 7 days) depending on destiny.
O2 O2 offers O2 tripsproviding unlimited data, minutes and text messages for £ 6/day.
Three Three positions of £ 5 or £ 7 per day (depending on the destination) to use its United Kingdom allocation in more than 100 Go wandering Destinations, including the United States and New Zealand. Alternatively, you can get a Data passport by £ 5, which gives you unlimited data in 89 countries.
Vodafone Vodafone offers Wander more – Use your United Kingdom allocation in 105 destinations for an additional £ 7.39 per day.
Lebara You can use your United Kingdom assignment for free in India and China (as well as in Europe). To make calls, use data or send a text message while it is outside the EU and Indian Roaming countries, you can buy a roaming complement of 8 or 15 days for your selected country.
Darling For Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Turkey, USA and the EAU, you can use its United Kingdom plan for a £ 2/day rate. You don’t need to do anything to get this service. Get more information about the Passport Roaming Plus approve here.
Voxi You can get an eight -day day Extra global roaming complement to use in 73 countriesincluding Australia, Canada, Egypt, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand and the United States. It costs £ 15 for 8 days (100 minutes, 100 texts, 2 GB data) or £ 25 for 15 days (200 minutes, 200 texts, 4 GB data).
Fountain: Moneysaveingexpert

Voicemail problems

“Scandalously,” says Clare, “if you are outside of Europe, they can simply charge you for someone who leaves you a message of answers, even if you never listen to it.”

‘Everything depends on the network in which it is located and the country in which it is located.

‘As an example, if it is with the US, it can cost up to £ 2.34 per minute to receive a voice mail, and others £ 2.34 per minute to listen to it.

“Then, collecting a message of a minute could cost almost five.”

To avoid this unnecessary expense, Clare recommends verifying if your network charges for the country to which you are directed.

Then, she says: “Simply turn off your voice email to prevent people from leaving a message first.”

Cruises have to

Cruises have to “be very careful,” says Clare, because “your phone can connect to a” maritime “network or a neighboring country, which may be out of roaming assignment”

The flight mode error to avoid cruises

A common and expensive mistake committed by tourists forgets to activate the plane mode when it is on flights and cruises.

Last month, we revealed that a passenger from the Royal Caribbean stayed with an amazing mobile phone bill of $ 1,300 (£ 1,062), simply not changing his mobile to this configuration.

Despite having bought the Wi-Fi package from the cruise company, your phone was connecting to the ‘maritime networks’ when it was not connected to the ship from the ship, and downloading updates and background data using roaming.

To make things worse, the passenger’s son had also added without knowing it to the charges, using the phone to constantly transmit videos throughout the trip.

When the furious passenger called Royal Caribbean who demanded answers, the cruise line quickly washed his hands on the matter, citing his policy that it is the responsibility of the passenger activating the plane mode on his own device.

Flyers must also be careful, since phones that are not in flight mode can connect to a Aeromobile Network in the sky, which charges international roaming rates.

The money guru continues: ‘Each network has different instructions on how to do this, although it normally has to make a call, so try to make it before traveling, and certainly before leaving the United Kingdom.

‘If you want to be safer, you can establish your own spending limit, which means that you will not be able to exceed that limit, so you can avoid any unexpected invoice. This will cover the costs incurred by roaming, calls and data text messages.

“You can do this through the website or the application of your network, although you have doubts, simply call it and ask.”

Supplier protection

“Do not get caught by the” fair use “policy of your network when touching,” says Clare. “Even if your supplier allows you to use your allocation in Europe, most will still limit the amount you can really use while you are abroad through a fair use policy.”

This means that it could be found without data faster than usual and have to pay more.

Wonderful Wi-Fi

Clare recommends using Wi-Fi when possible, even for phone calls.

She explains: ‘If you have a smartphone and free Internet access, download an “Internet to phone call” application such as Skype, WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger before going, or use Apple’s facetime.

“Providing the person who calls also has the service, you just need to find a free Wi-Fi place to call for free.”

You can also use this free Internet, usually available at your hotel or restaurants and coffee shops, to download entertainment, such as music and movies, but Clare suggests doing it before it leaves, along with the download of shipping passes and maps.

You move away from the ESIM

For travelers tied to a telephone contract, Clare recommends an ESIM. 'With an ESIM, you can choose the amount of data and the time for those who need it'

For travelers tied to a telephone contract, Clare recommends an ESIM. ‘With an ESIM, you can choose the amount of data and the time for those who need it’

ESIM costs for the United States and India
SUPPLIER OF ESIM USA INDIA
Airalo $ 26 (£ 20) for 10 GB for 30 days $ 25 (£ 20) for 10 GB for 30 days
Easysim £ 16 for 10 GB for 30 days £ 79 for 10 GB for 30 days
Gomoworld € 19.99 (£ 17) for 30 GB for 30 days € 19.99 (£ 17) for 20 GB for 30 days
Hi £ 59 for unlimited data for 30 days (1) £ 67 for unlimited data for 30 days (1)
Nomadic £ 14.50 for 10 GB for 30 days £ 21 for 10 GB for 30 days
USWITCH £ 11 for 10 GB for 30 days £ 56 per 10 GB for 30 days
Fountain: Moneysaveingexpert

Clare says that frequent travelers to Europe could consider changing a smaller supplier than ‘Piggybacks’ in one of the four mobile networks of the United Kingdom (EE, three, O2 and Vodafone). Because? “Many of these do not charge for the EU roaming, but will obtain the same network coverage,” says Clare, who also points out that international ESIM are a less permanent option.

These virtual Sim cards allow users to connect to a local network, along with a single physicist from the United Kingdom, which means that it does not need to be tied to a contract.

Clare adds: “With an ESIM, you can choose the amount of data and the period of time for those who need it, it often works much cheaper than paying the roaming rates of your United Kingdom supplier.”

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