I have been travelling for a few weeks in Asia (Korea/Japan/China), if anyone is looking for a global esim I just wanted to recommend Global YO (really not that well known). They offer 10Gb's for $10, and that is a global sim. It is well worth it if you are moving about.
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Checked their site but I can't see the 10gb for $10 deal? Assuming you mean world explorer, 10gb is $26.40.
They do seem cheaper at least compared to Airalo when comparing Hong Kong for example, but I found getting a local physical SIM in certain Asian countries to be even cheaper than eSIMs.
EDIT: A pop just appeared offering world explorer 101 10gb for $19.99. I guess it was a deal which changes around every now and then.
They do seem cheaper at least compared to Airalo when comparing Hong Kong for example, but I found getting a local physical SIM in certain Asian countries to be even cheaper than eSIMs.
EDIT: A pop just appeared offering world explorer 101 10gb for $19.99. I guess it was a deal which changes around every now and then.
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Only ever use Holafly and Airalo, both are good and decent speed and coverage.
Dammit, they must have just changed it as I have been using multiple times on this trip (and others in Jan).
Looking at the app I can see the World Explorer 101 has 10Gb for $15.99, Europe Explorer - 10Gb for $8.99 and Asia Explorer $12.60 (all not as good obviously)
Looking at the app I can see the World Explorer 101 has 10Gb for $15.99, Europe Explorer - 10Gb for $8.99 and Asia Explorer $12.60 (all not as good obviously)
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What's the catch?
World Explorer 10G Global for $16.
Morocco only 10G for $26.
Middle East (so it covers Morocco....even though it is in North Africa) 10G for $52.
That doesn't make sense.
Edit - Trust Pilot makes a grim read.
Global YO is rated "Poor" with 2.2 / 5 on Trustpilot
Do you agree with Global YO's TrustScore? Voice your opinion today and hear what 59 customers have already said.
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Well my review is, it was (and is) good - good value, fast and worked no problems.
I have used it in China, France, Thailand, Japan and Italy - 5G signal (data only of course).
I suspect they didn't follow the instructions and manually create the APN...
I also suspect reading those reviews, the customer service is poor if you encounter an issue (which I didnt).
Perhaps just pay using Google pay meaning you could get a refund from google if it came to that.
I have used it in China, France, Thailand, Japan and Italy - 5G signal (data only of course).
I suspect they didn't follow the instructions and manually create the APN...
I also suspect reading those reviews, the customer service is poor if you encounter an issue (which I didnt).
Perhaps just pay using Google pay meaning you could get a refund from google if it came to that.
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We really should sticky an e-sim thread, there seems to be an abundance of them in this sub and the travel.
TLDR is -
Holafly only if you require unlimited data
Airalo much cheaper but capped data
TLDR is -
Holafly only if you require unlimited data
Airalo much cheaper but capped data
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They don’t do a continental one, looks okay if you’re only going to one country op needs one for at least 3 (Korea/Japan/China).
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Airalo is good but its expensive relative to others.
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Just jumped on this 1.99 lebara sim...
35gb of data all.of which can be used in eu
35gb of data all.of which can be used in eu
Used Nomad, Global Yo and Gomoworld on a recent trip to Canada, I bought from the different vendors and I wasn't 100% they would jump on all networks as some only mentioned Rogers, others TELUS etc and we wanted as good a coverage as possible driving a few thousand miles using google maps, Spotify streaming in car and photo backup, no problems whatsoever (outside of the areas of mountain with no coverage of course)
Turns out they were all pretty indistinguishable from each other, all painless to use and install, the only one I would ding was Nomad as it didn't seem to be able to just up the data when we ran out, we had to do a new esim where as top ups were fine on the others but all in, brilliant thing these travel e-sims, first tim I have ever used them.
Turns out they were all pretty indistinguishable from each other, all painless to use and install, the only one I would ding was Nomad as it didn't seem to be able to just up the data when we ran out, we had to do a new esim where as top ups were fine on the others but all in, brilliant thing these travel e-sims, first tim I have ever used them.
A friend recommended ByteSim, but they seem relatively new to the scene? Compared to Airalo prices do look cheaper. Plus they also do China + Hong Kong which is what I'm mostly after, which I noticed others don't do as well. But can't see many reviews on them so not sure if I want to try them out.
Also noticed Revolut also does eSIMs too and it's also slightly cheaper than Airalo.
Also noticed Revolut also does eSIMs too and it's also slightly cheaper than Airalo.
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just used them for a recent India trip - 6gb data for a free signup - can't fault them
I used Saily for my trip to America and it worked perfectly
Couldn't receive texts or calls, but my WhatsApp was working perfectly and could use all the data I needed