Roaming: What you need to know to avoid paying more

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It wasn't that many years ago that, when leaving Spain, you had to be careful if you didn't want your telephone company to bring you an early gift. The use of mobile data outside the country played more than a trick on consumers. In 2009, a client paid €10,983.94 to his company after a trip to Andorra. Later, the company would refund the money for not having properly informed the rates, but the scare took him away. Luckily, today, the risk of this happening has been reduced and we can use mobile data throughout the EU thanks to Roaming.

What is Roaming exactly?
Roaming , also known as roaming , is the possibility for a device to use the Romania Mobile Number List services of another mobile network other than the main one . When we use mobile data outside of Spain or call from abroad we do so thanks to Roaming. Agreements between companies allow your operator to charge you for services used abroad.

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Which countries have free roaming?
If you travel to any of the 28 countries of the European Union you will not have to pay more . Neither by using data, nor by calling. Therefore, the cost of using your mobile phone will be the same in Spain as in the EU. There are other associated countries, which are not part of the European Union, in which Roaming does not entail additional costs . These are: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway and San Marino .

In Andorra, there is no free Roaming , so be careful with your data usage in the country of the Pyrenees. However, in Switzerland , Turkey or the United States , for example, some companies do have free Roaming . To find out, before taking your plane, in which countries, in addition to those in the EU and associated countries, your operator offers free roaming, you can check it on the Internet.

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Solutions to data use
As we have seen, whether or not you can use the data abroad depends on the chosen destination and your company. But what solutions are there when you don't have Roaming?

Companions
If you're lucky, your travel companion may be from another company and may have mobile data in that country. If this happens, we recommend that, during the trip, you take advantage of their rates to communicate with your loved ones and, when you return, pay them a dinner as a thank you.



Wifi
Increasingly, hotels , tourist apartments and businesses such as bars , restaurants or cafes have Wi-Fi . If you can't spend a minute without posting about your vacation, you can stop, have a drink, get wifi and post your Story on Instagram. But be careful, it won't be more expensive than Roaming itself.

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What to do so they don't charge you
If you don't want to pay more , and where you are going there is no free roaming, we recommend that you turn off your mobile data. Despite not using them, some applications continue to consume data with the mobile phone on and it can only be avoided in this way. Call only if necessary, and if you do, do not roll up like the blinds. You will have time to talk about the trip when you return or send WhatsApp from the hotel.