Originally Posted by Blofeld:
“I used to have Vodafone EuroTraveller activated but when it charges £3 per day even if I send 1 text or make 1 call then it's a bit steep now that the prices have come down, so I've deactivated it. If I leave the EU now I just buy a local sim card in the country and throw it into my other phone and use that as a mobile hotspot.”
Its true, I'm on my hols at the moment and although £3 isn't much, I'm here for 10 days so if I used it everyday the would be £30 (no flies on me maths wise!) but as I have WiFi in the apartment it will only get used for a few Facebook posts along with emails and Google maps when I get lost in the hire car yet again, that doesn't amount to much data so it works out expensive. Plus I get in the situation of not turning data on while out as it's not worth £3 for little things at that time and then if there's something I do need it for waiting and not using it as most of the day has past so won't get any value out the data charge anyway.
If I was somewhere on business or on a city break for a few days, the £3 europass for me is good value but on hols with just the 2 of us it's not worth it really.
Saying that if I had an army of little ones who wither up and die at the thought of going anywhere three is no data connection, it would be worth it.
Still think the new limited but free included European data amounts in new Vodafone packages are a better fit for most people.