topic Re: Cruising in Pay Monthly

Cruising

Pam10 — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:40:38 GMT

I’m going on a cruise at the end of February visiting some of the Caribbean islands. I will be buying the cruise line WiFi package. Do I need to advise O2. I will only be using my phone when onboard and connected to their wifi

Re: Cruising

MI5 — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:21:25 GMT

@Pam10

No need to tell O2.

for charges reference.

Re: Cruising

madasaf1sh — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:22:14 GMT

@Pam10

You dont need to tell o2 anything, whilst on the cruise ship, just make sure mobile roaming is off, or put the phone into Airplane mode, and just turn on wifi, to avoid connecting to the ships own ripoff mobile network

Re: Cruising

MI5 — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:53:44 GMT

Check the guide posted for the horrific charges if you get it wrong @Pam10

Re: Cruising

Gerrymac66 — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:17:55 GMT

Hi,

In 2024 went crusing round the Caribbean but opted for the O2 Travel, which charges you £6 for the full 24hrs if you use data. Unfortunately for me, the day I decided to use it, I lost connection shortly after connecting but was charged the full £6.

On my return I quered this, knowing they would have a record of my device connecting to the internet but did not receive it. We didn,t buy the Wifi packages of the ship cause it was extortionate and just waited until we docked to avail of the local "pub" Wifi.

Enjoy your cruise.

Re: Cruising

MI5 — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:14:27 GMT

We had a wifi package from the ship which we shared between 4 of us and worked out cheaper than using O2 travel.

Always pays to check for any deals via the travel company or cruise line.

Re: Cruising

Enlli — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:17:57 GMT

@Gerrymac66 Gone up to £7 now

Re: Cruising

Gerrymac66 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:55:09 GMT

Yes, Just read that..like everything else 😠😠

Cheers.