Travelling Europe - is o2 travel worth it?

[Anonymous]

Hi

Im traveling to europe (western and eastern) for abour 2 1/2 months. I'm wondering whether to get the o2 travel for 1.99/day data or just completley turn on roaming and use wifi. I know there wont always be wifi available though. 

If i get the o2 travel but dont use any data for a day, am i still charged 1.99 or are you only charged when you actually use it?

I really dont want to end up with a massive bill but i will using instagram and facebook a lot. 

Thanks for any advice. 

[Cleoriff]

O2 travel is worth it...for when you need to use it.

I travel to Spain all the time and have data roaming turned OFF....I am lucky enough to use a lot of WiFi.... You are only charged for the actual day you turn roaming on....

So many other ways to stay in touch with family though...Messenger, Skype etc... all over WiFi obviously

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

http://www.o2.co.uk/international/internationalhub

[MI5]

It might be worth you looking at Three's "Feel at Home" to see if it covers the countries you are travelling to also.

[cyrillicguy]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi

Im traveling to europe (western and eastern) for abour 2 1/2 months. I'm wondering whether to get the o2 travel for 1.99/day data or just completley turn on roaming and use wifi. I know there wont always be wifi available though. 

If i get the o2 travel but dont use any data for a day, am i still charged 1.99 or are you only charged when you actually use it?

I really dont want to end up with a massive bill but i will using instagram and facebook a lot. 

Thanks for any advice. 

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Just some food for thought:

O2 Travel - £1.99/day multiplied by 45 days (2.5 months) = £89.55 in total

Spanish ORANGE Prepaid SIM card Go Europe (works all over EU) - 1EUR/day for 100MB = 45EUR plus EUR25 for delivery, although the initial EUR5 credit is included, therefore 45+20=65EUR = about £50. You can order one from https://roamerapp.com/en/sim-shop/, just select any EU contry from the list. That said, I haven't tried that one yet, just know that it does exist

[cyrillicguy]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi

Im traveling to europe (western and eastern) for abour 2 1/2 months. I'm wondering whether to get the o2 travel for 1.99/day data or just completley turn on roaming and use wifi. I know there wont always be wifi available though. 

If i get the o2 travel but dont use any data for a day, am i still charged 1.99 or are you only charged when you actually use it?

I really dont want to end up with a massive bill but i will using instagram and facebook a lot. 

Thanks for any advice. 

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Also, if you got some Irish mates coming to the UK before your travel takes place, or Ireland is one of your destinations, it could be worth getting a Meteor SIM (Meteor is one of the networks in Ireland), They offer 1GB EU data add-onns for EUR14.99, so that might be an option worth considering.

[paulbacon]

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There's no upper usage limit, but data speeds will vary with usage

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Taken from the o2 site. Wonder how much you can use before they slow you down so much its not worth bothering with? Bet its not much

[MI5]

100mb

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the help everyone, lots of helpful advice for me to look into. 

[Cleoriff]

Best of luck....and have a great holiday