Pay £1 for mobile data on your next trip abroad

You’ve checked your passport is in date, ordered your Euros, packed your sun cream, and you’ve even remembered to throw in a deck of cards, headphones, power bank, your portable fan and some headache tablets. You’re almost ready to jet off for some summer sun. But you have this nagging feeling you’ve forgotten something important for your trip abroad.

I can tell you exactly what you’ve forgotten, because I do it every single time I leave the UK: you’ve forgotten to consider roaming costs. Since Brexit, unless you’re on O2 or one of its piggyback networks that offer free roaming in select destinations, I’d put money on the fact you haven’t budgeted for your additional phone plan costs abroad.

Sure, you’ll get a text from your mobile operator when you step off the plane, prompting you to sign up for an add-on to make sure you don’t come home to an exorbitant phone bill. But the need to act with urgency means you often end up paying more than you should. I fell into this very trap last month, paying Vodafone £15 to use my home plan for eight days in Lanzarote. I could have instead spent that money on a giant crocodile inflatable for the pool, so who’s the idiot here?

Think you will be too busy enjoying the local culture and relaxing by the pool to pick up your phone? Wrong. You’re going to be reaching for your phone to WhatsApp jealous friends back home pictures of your sunburnt knees, Instagramming one too many delicious-looking cocktails, streaming Netflix and Spotify from your sun lounger, and logging into Facebook to check no-one else is having as much fun as you. You might even check the odd email or two.

Resort Wi-Fi can be flaky even for basic tasks, so unless you’re planning to spend the week hanging out in the lobby then you will need mobile data abroad.

So, what you need to do next is get yourself an eSIM plan. We’ve spent days researching all the available options to bring you our ultimate guide to buying, choosing and using an eSIM and the best plans available today, and along the way, we learned that you can make big savings on your foreign data costs with just a tiny amount of prep.

Moreover, if you’re a new customer, there are some great deals you can snap up, from unlocking free eSIMs on trial offers to this crazy £1 for 1GB deal from Jetpac.

Here are just some of the destinations available with this offer:

• China
• Europe
• France
• Germany
• Hong Kong
• Indonesia
• Italy
• Japan
• Macau
• Malaysia
• Morocco
• North America
• Oceania
• Spain
• Taiwan
• The Caribbean
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• United States

…all for just £1!

Jetpac’s 1GB for £1 deal is valid for four days, making it ideal for a long weekend in the sun. If you need more data or to cover a longer period away, topping up from the Jetpac Global app on your phone is simple.