World Phones & SIM Cards

 We recommend Cellular Abroad

 Tel: [1] 800.287.3020 or [1] 310-829-6878

 $10 discount

Please tell Cellular Abroad you have been referred by DavidTravel. This will give you a $10 discount. The Coupon Code is : DavidTravel.
 
 Local SIM cards or a National Geographic SIM Card

We also recommend that our clients travel with a SIM card for each country they are visiting or a National Geographic SIM Card that works in about 160 countries and uses a UK number. With a local SIM Card or a National Geographic SIM Card, in most countries you do NOT pay to receive calls or to receive SMSs. This is a huge benefit. With most US mobile world phone plans, you will pay $1-3 to receive calls and SMSs. Please see the Cellular Abroad web site for details.
 
 An extra Unlocked Quad Band World Phone

We recommend that our clients travel with an extra Unlocked Quad Band World Phone to put your local or National Geographic SIM Card into. If you have a World Phone for your everyday use, take that along if you need to have your home mobile number with you, but put your new SIM card in the extra Unlocked Quad Band World Phone that you will use for international travel.

To buy the world phone and/or SIM cards and to figure out what works best for you, we recommend studying the Cellular Abroad web site and contacting them with to discuss your needs.

NOTE: It is best to have a SIM card of the country you are visiting so you have a local telephone number so locals can call you, such as your guide, on a local telephone number. In most cases and counties, it is not appropriate to ask local guides, drivers or hotel concierge, etc. to call you on a US mobile number. Plus, in most cases, you do not pay to receive the call or SMS.