How to get internet in Canary Islands on Holiday

GixerKate

badger09 said:

bagand96 said:

GixerKate said:

la531983 said:

GixerKate said:

we (family of 4) are all pretty heavy users - gaming and streaming.

Are you planning on taking the Xboxes and Playstations away with you?

If my kids could figure out how to get the PS out there I'm sure they would love that idea!

Ok, my idea of heavy users isn't quite to that extent, we mainly play games and stream netflix etc from our phones and tablets so we do use quite a bit of data.  Just in case people were thinking we all sit in silence staring at devices we actually tend to play stuff together plus we will need to be inside during the peak heat times as I can burn to blisters in 20 minutes and the rest of my family are fairer than me lol.

We are with GiffGaff (so O2) I don't think I have the option of a Roaming add-on but going to check, great idea.  

Thanks for everyone with the suggestions of other eSIMs, its not an idea I've explored previous to today so I'm going to take a good look.

GiffGaff include EU roaming in their plans upto 5GB. Roaming charges with giffgaff

I’m also with giffgaff. The 5GB EU roaming included in their plans is more than enough for me for a 3-4 week holiday in Europe. 

But then, I don’t stream Netflix or play games online.  

One episode on Netflix is roughly 200 mb so it quickly adds up.

RavingMad

In Tenerife last year, we popped into a mobile phone shop and bought a 30 day local SIM. 50gb was €10 and 100gb was €15

Worked perfectly 

michele-p

Another suggestion, me and my husband are both with Lebara now, you get free EU roaming and a good Internet allowance. Its a 30 day rolling contract, so cancel when you're back, or like we did stay with them. Uses Vodafone network, the only one that works in our village! Search for the best deal with them, you can often find it for £2 ish a month.

clarkyson

Holafly offers unlimited data eSIMs, which can be convenient for travelers. However, it's important to note that their hotspot functionality is capped at 500MB per day. This limitation might not suffice for a family of four with heavy data usage. Additionally, some users have reported issues with connectivity and service reliability

flaneurs_lobster

clarkyson said:

Holafly offers unlimited data eSIMs, which can be convenient for travelers. However, it's important to note that their hotspot functionality is capped at 500MB per day. This limitation might not suffice for a family of four with heavy data usage. Additionally, some users have reported issues with connectivity and service reliability

They sound just the job then......

J_B

michele-p said:

Another suggestion, me and my husband are both with Lebara now, you get free EU roaming and a good Internet allowance. Its a 30 day rolling contract, so cancel when you're back, or like we did stay with them. Uses Vodafone network, the only one that works in our village! Search for the best deal with them, you can often find it for £2 ish a month.

£1 here for 50GB

https://www.lebara.co.uk/en/msm/p/44000053

jimjames

isplumm said:

are there any e-sims that allow you to make calls back to the UK? I have a SKY mobile, but they charge me £3 a day to use my standard allowance!

It's not eSim but Lebara includes calls back to the UK as well as 100 mins of international calls for in country calling.

Breeze £12 for 10Gb

https://breezesim.com/products/esimg_ic_v2?search=Canary+Islands&searchIso=IC&searchHandle=esimg_ic_v2&iccid=&utmSource=&utmMedium=&utmCampaign=

NanookOfTheNorth

J_B said:

michele-p said:

Another suggestion, me and my husband are both with Lebara now, you get free EU roaming and a good Internet allowance. Its a 30 day rolling contract, so cancel when you're back, or like we did stay with them. Uses Vodafone network, the only one that works in our village! Search for the best deal with them, you can often find it for £2 ish a month.

£1 here for 50GB

https://www.lebara.co.uk/en/msm/p/44000053

I've used Lebara without any issues in Tenerife.  100GB for £1.10/month BUT with Lebara the roaming only allows 30GB. No contract, just cancel after a month.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cheap-mobile-finder/sim-only/lebara/

If you think you need more than 30GB just use different email addresses to buy a few SIMs for the £1.10 monthly cost before you go then cancel all whe you can back.

RavingMad

Will Lebara let you know if you're going to exceed the limit?

isplumm

TheShape said:

isplumm said:

are there any e-sims that allow you to make calls back to the UK? I have a SKY mobile, but they charge me £3 a day to use my standard allowance!

Thanks Mark

How about calling through WhatsApp?

Yes - never thought of that - as long as I only use WiFi will be free - thanks.