Best Unlimited Data eSIM For Travel: How To Avoid Roaming Charges Abroad

Holidays are expensive enough as it is. While you can circumvent the guilt of splashing out more than you wanted to on flights by booking just far enough in advance, your bank account will inevitably feel the strain of your spending habits as soon as you touch down at your destination.

The last thing you need on top of that is a notification from your phone provider saying you’ve spend £25 a day on data roaming. Shudder.

Personally, I avoid Monzo’s travel summary like the plague, so the idea of having to stomach that notification and then being slapped across the face by my phone bill is almost hellish.

Luckily, we’ve evolved past the need to fear not being able to find WiFi abroad. So you don’t have to turn your data off every time you finish doomscrolling on Instagram for fears you’ll run out of data and not be able to find your way home (not speaking from experience or anything) Holafly offers unlimited data through an easy to install, no hidden fees eSIM.

Remember the good ol’ days when you had to spend hours fucking about trying to get a tiny travel sim out of its holder and into your phone every time you moved between countries?

Yeah, well that’s now a thing of the past, because all you have to do to access unlimited streaming and scrolling is download the Holafly app on your phone.

From there, it takes a mere few minutes to buy an eSIM for foolproof internet connectivity in over 200 countries.

Once you’ve downloaded the app (which is available on Android or Apple, FYI) all you have to do is choose the plan you want.

If you’re currently travelling the world, you can opt for an unlimited plan for just £50.95 a month (less than my actual phone bill, TBH), which offers you unlimited data and hotspot, a local phone number, and can be used in any of the app’s compatible countries.

Or, if you’re going on a shorter, last-minute Euro holiday, you can choose the number of days you’re travelling for so that you can keep your number and simply make the use of its unlimited data for the exact number of days you’re travelling.

I just went on holiday to Greece for five days, and it cost me just £16 for unlimited data for my whole trip. Considering I wasn’t sure if I’d have WiFi at my Airbnb, that was well worth my peace of mind.

Not to mention, I had to fly back early due to unforeseen circumstances, and it was just as easy to request a refund for the days of data I didn’t need as it was to set it up.

I know this sounds ridiculous, but all I wanted was to lie on a beach and listen to a podcast or stream music without worrying about the data not working, and I had no connectivity issues while I was away.

Holafly also doesn’t contribute to environmental waste, as an eSIM doesn’t require you to throw away those ridiculous empty squares of plastic once you’ve installed it. Simple!