The Best Options to Make International Calls When Staying Abroad

There is a plethora of different ways to stay connected with your close ones while travelling. Let`s see what possibilities you have, and name their pros and cons.

• Your mobile carrier plan

It may seem the easiest solution to use your mobile phone to make calls as you usually do. But before taking the handset and dialing the number stop for a while and think about high roaming costs for international calls and when coming home you will be impressed by huge phone bill from your mobile carrier. Remember that expensive international calls can become a crucial point in your travel budget. High roaming cost is the main reason while travelers shop around for cheaper alternatives of international calling.

• The international calling cards

Telecommunication companies offer cheap calling cards for international calls. Anyhow this option has several restrictions which can cause inconvenience. First of all you should remember that you must use a local phone to make calls (otherwise you will be charged roaming costs). Also be attentive and pay a special attention to calling rates. Not all calling cards offer a really good deal, instead of advertised «from 1 cent per minute» you can be charged high calling costs. 

• VoIP mobile application

With the advent of VoIP our life has become much easier. If you are a lucky owner of a smartphone or a mobile device, running on Android, you can make benefit of VoIP mobile application to make cheap international calls. Just download this application free of charge and enjoy high-end calls at the cheapest rated. For establishing connection you need Internet, but it`s not a problem nowadays as almost all the hotels, bars and restaurants as well as parks and squares worldwide offer Wi-Fi services free of charge. So you don`t need to worry about your phone bills anymore.