Headed to Europe next week and will be visiting 4 Coutries (England, Austria, Netherlands & Belgium). What is the best place to buy a SIM so I have data? Is there better providers then others??

Heather
Depending on who your provider is you can get a $2 - $4 dollar add on and you are only charged that fee when you access cellular data oversees. Telus, Bell, Koodo (Not sure about Rogers) also offer wifi calling on many of their plans and wifi is readily available all over Europe. I used a combo of these two options when I was in Germany last August.

Sadly I am on a corporate plan so I don’t have the option for any add on’s, but that’s great to know that wifi is readily available.

Jaxsy on a corporate plan you can still install the wifi calling option. And perhaps if you ask your supervisor they will approve the overseas plan. With mine is was only charged the fee when I took my phone out of airplane mode and accessed my cell which was rare.

Yep, absolutely I can wifi call! No dice on the over seas plan, the pricing is outrageous.

I lived there and used Three. £20 Go Roam pay as you go gives you 12GB data and unlimited calls texts. Works every country (except Canada) without any roaming charges. Highly recommend and they have good customer service if you need. Can get them at airport or any “3” kiosks

Thank you this is perfect! I will be able to find a kiosk pretty easily?

Three is good! There are a few companies you can pre order sim cards from.
http://www.three.co.uk

Three SIMs are sold at Heathrow terminals in Arrivals for sure. They also have vending machines (I think). Wherever you end up in England just google Three store in your location and there will be one. They are all around, kind of like Koodo here in Alberta....

Awesome thanks!

i just bought mine on Amazon, visited 3 countries last week and worked absloutely fine.

Abdul amazing thank you! The service was good, and data worked quick? Not needing it for a lot.

you betcha! i was throughout using GOOGLE MAP on it and making voice and video calls. Best thing to have before your flight takes off.

Thank you!!!

Jaxsy your very welcome! Safe travels..

No sim required, stay on airplane mode and use wifi. Free wifi everywhere in Europe even en on buses and trains. Use what's ap or messenger for communicating

Sylvia good to know thank you!

I just use WiFi. Then what’s app and FaceTime. I use Maps.me for travel-as long as you download region when you have WiFi you can find any address or route without data.

Sharon awesome! I will download that app!

Are you by chance flying klm? They have preloaded international SIM cards that work around the world in their in flight magazine.
Otherwise England's SIM cards probably your best bet.
Easier to set up when instructions are in English

Tanya ahhh sadly we are flying with westjet. That is pretty awesome though, great idea! And yes, English will be much easier haha.

following, my 15 year old is off to Europe (Switzerland, Italy, France..) in March and I’m trying to decide our best option to keep in touch!

Europe has way better wifi access than anywhere I've been. I would say dont worry about a card use what's app and messenger

We use "3" everytime we go. Worked well in Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Ireland, Turkey, Croatia, and Greece.

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Check out Vodaphone mobile wifi dongle,around 50 euros you can connect phone ,laptop,camera,tablet in any eu country i purchased this 4 years ago and use it every time i go to Ireland just have to get a new 30 day sim card ( 30 euro),it works in your vehicle which i find very usefull.

Perhaps look in to getting a pocket wifi? Can be used by multiple devices.

Waze was a life saver when we were in Europe

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