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Best option for Costa Rica travel

TBurdon — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:36:17 GMT

I will be going to Costa Rica on business in October for 2 weeks. I have checked the roaming charges and can see that making and receiving calls is £2.34 a minute, which is more expensive for contracts than Pay as you go!

As well as this, I can see I can purchase a roaming day pass for only 150MB costing £7.84.

My questions are:

Are there no better options to get data and minutes while abroad?
Will Costa Rica ever be added to the Roam Abroad add-on?

I have looked around and can see that other mobile providers offer far better options than what EE is providing.

Re: Best option for Costa Rica travel

Christopher_G — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:03:25 GMT

Hi @TBurdon

Welcome to the community.

Is your phone on a personal plan or a business plan? All of your available options should show on the roaming tool.

I'd recommend utilising WiFi as much as possible while you're there, data-wise.

Chris

Re: Best option for Costa Rica travel

bristolian — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:36:26 GMT

If you scroll across where the data-pass add-on is shown, then call & text add-ons are also listed.

Data usage outside the EU & Roam Abroad countries is often expensive.

Re: Best option for Costa Rica travel

Northerner — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:36:55 GMT

Hi @TBurdon

If this is a regular visit then get a local sim like it is 1980.

If you use wifi invest in a VPN.

Thanks

Re: Best option for Costa Rica travel

TBurdon — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 10:22:23 GMT

Hi Chris,

I am on a personal plan.

I understand all of the option, but, I am just confused on how a pay as you go call is cheaper abroad than that of a contract.

I am going to try and use WiFi as much as possible, but I know there is a lot of areas with limited connections.

That is why I am also curious if Costa Rica will be added to the Roam abroad list, or if this will never happen?

Thomas

Re: Best option for Costa Rica travel

Leanne_T — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:09:27 GMT

Hi @TBurdon

Thanks for coming back to us.

Sorry we have no details on any possible changes to the roam abroad pass.

You can find all current available add-ons and charges on the Roaming Costs page.

Leanne 🙂

Re: Best option for Costa Rica travel

XRaySpeX — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:41:42 GMT

Outside of allowances, PAYG calls within UK (40p/min) are cheaper than contract (83p/min). So it's like a general tendency.