Learn how you stay connected with friends and family back home during your Rome visit. Staying connected is important wherever you may go. Here are a few really good tips to consider for your next visit to Rome. There are three ways to make a call here in Rome. The first way, old-fashioned way, as we know, putting the coins in the machine. Second way would be to buy a calling card like this, which you tear off the corner and you insert it in the machine as follows. This reveals you how much credit you have on your calling card. And then, yet another way is to buy a card like this for 5 euros from one of these kiosks. First, you scratch off the back of this calling card which reveals your PIN number. Then, you dial the 1-800 number on the back. Wait for the prompting, and select your language. From there you enter your PIN number. Now, do not forget, when calling the United States, the country code number is 001. Then you dial your area code, and the number that you are wishing to call. Hi Terri, it is me. Another option is to purchase a prepaid cell phone SIM card from the stores like this. Basically what you would do is take your United States cell phone and insert the SIM card, that will cost somewhere between 10 and 25 euros, into the phone and you will, too, have an Italian cell phone number. But do not forget, if you want your friends and family to call you from the United States, the country code for Italy is 39. There are several internet cafes located here, in …
I’m going to purchase this prepaid phone card: http://www.zaptel.com/zaptel/index.cfm?fuseaction=customer.product&product_code=ABSOLUTEWORLDCARD&from_country_id=208&from_country=Italy&to_country=USA%20-%2048%20States&to_country_id=1&conversation=5&MinuteRate=0.135&connect_fee=0&Denoms=-25
Do I need to get a sim card also? Will T-mobile charge me for calling from Europe? Or should I just use the hotel telephones?
I’m traveling in a few weeks to Europe and want to call home to check on family. Will be in a Italy, Turkey, Greece and Greek isles. I won’t be taking my laptop, so pc to phone calls won’t be an option. I’ve heard about international cell phones, but I thought phone cards would be the least expensive. Do I need a different card for each country or is there one card that I can purchase here in the states that would serve the purpose? Or is there another option entirely?
I should add that we are going to be onboard ship for most of the time. To access internet even wirelessly, (via satellite) they want to charge .75 a minute in increments of 100, 200 or 500! Not exactly cheap….
My family will be in Italy for three weeks and will be staying in 3 different hotels and one villa. I’m renting a global phone from verizon to take along but the rate is .29 per minute of use so I will use it for emergency calls only.
As far as calling back to the USA, what are the most reasonable options? I know that sometimes hotels will charge you high rates even if you use a calling card to place a call.
Oh, and if I use a calling card from a pay phone do I still have to put coins in the pay phone?