Using Mobiles Abroad

CelticStar

Sorry if this sounds like a really daft question but my OH and I are going to Greece on holiday in a few days' time and we are taking our mobiles with us to use abroad. When we phone one another do we just use our ordinary numbers or does a prefix have to be used as well - ie the international code for Greece?

Also, if one of our family want to contact us on our mobiles in case of an emergency do they just ring our mobile numbers or does the international code for Greece have to be added.

Thanks in advance.

CS

Mrs_Thrify

once in a diffrent country your mobiles start to (roam). you will recieve a text each time to say the mobile has picked up a new network. You can use your phone as normal BUT will pay dearly. If someone phones you from the UK , YOU PICK UP AN EXPENCIVE BILL. (you will be paying). Take care and just think before using it or answering a call. I recomend keeping calls very short.

HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY

Julie.

moonrakerz

DON'T - use a payphone !

CelticStar

Thank you both, I do know about the charges :eek: and I have no intention of phoning home using my mobile. Neither will anyone phone us except in the case of an absolute emergency - we have already provided our nearest and dearest with our hotel's number and email address so they shouldn't need to ring at all. My OH and I really want to use the mobiles as an alert system in that my OH goes off and has a drink while I get ready to go out in the evening and then I ring him and let it ring once or twice - he doesn't pick up - so that he knows I am ready to go out now and comes back to meet me. We've found this works well rather than him hanging around, bored, waiting for me.

PS Julie - thanks for your good wishes, I can't wait to get away!

martindow

If you make calls to each other they will be charged as international calls to send and receive even if you are a hundred yards apart so will be incredibly expensive. I believe it is possible in some countries to buy local Sim cards to use while you are there.

utilitybroker

Lots of useful info here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/cheap-roaming-calls

Vampgirl

I believe that when you are roaming you get charged for a call even if its not picked up - I could be wrong but I think that's the case: thats why I always have mine diverted to voicemail so it doesn't even ring when I'm abroad.

I think for you that texting is the way to go: they tend to be much cheaper then calling whilst you are abroad, not much more expensive than in the UK usually and you don't get charged for incomming texts either.

Skint_Catt

If you're on Vodafone you can join Vodafone Passport for free and this keeps the cost down - you can phone home for up to 60mins for 75p.

But personally I'd probably use texts

Vampgirl

Skint_Catt wrote: »

If you're on Vodafone you can join Vodafone Passport for free and this keeps the cost down - you can phone home for up to 60mins for 75p.

But personally I'd probably use texts

But you can only join passport if you are on one of the participating certain tariffs. I'm on an old (v cheap) tariff and they won't let me join grrrr! Its always worth asking them tho!