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[Texts2]

Hi all my girlfriend is on holiday in St Lucia and I'm home in the UK will I get charged if I text her

[Texts2]

We are both on o2

[Bambino]

@Texts2 If you text her it is free within your allowances. If she texts you, I believe it will cost her 15p/text. That is the cost for just texts. Picture messages will cost more.

https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/How-to-Guides/EU-Roaming-Changes-from-15th-June-2017-CONTRACT-ONLY-quo...

https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/How-to-Guides/EU-Roaming-Changes-from-15th-June-2017-quot-PAY-AS-YOU-G...

[Cleoriff]

Hi @Texts2

As your girlfriend is with O2, she will be advised to get O2 travel activated before she goes to St Lucia.

It costs £4.99 per day and will get her 120 minutes, 120 texts and data.

https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/international/using-phone-abroad

If she doesn't get O2 Travel she will be charged international rates which are much higher.

Some more advice to reduce costs, is for the pair of you to use Wifi to communicate.

You can chat over messenger and whatsapp entirely free of charge. There are plenty of Wifi spots available in St Lucia.

Finally, ask her to ring O2, again before she travels, to ensure there are no roaming bars on her phone.

Best of luck  and I hope she enjoys her holiday

[Cleoriff]

Just for info, these are the international rates she would pay without O2 Travel

http://international.o2.co.uk/internationaltariffs/travelling_abroad#

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

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@Texts2 wrote:
Hi all my girlfriend is on holiday in St Lucia and I'm home in the UK will I get charged if I text her

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@Texts2 

No, you can text any UK phone anywhere in the world from your allowances.

[EmilieT]

Hi @Texts2 and welcome to the Community  Did the replies above answer all your questions about texts costs whiel your girlfriend is in St Lucia? Please let us know if there's anything else the Community could help you with 

Cheers @Bambino, @Cleoriff and @MI5 for the info!