We need a working phone as soon as we land in France but the airport we are flying into doesn't offer SIM cards for purchase. What are our options? We will be in France for 3 weeks
Thanks for any help.
Posted by
France Southwest
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Here is an option with Orange, the leading French operator:
https://boutique.orange.fr/vitrine/carte-prepayee-orange-holiday-europe-en/
Posted by
30 posts
If you have Verison, for $100 you can get coverage in Europe. Friends purchased a Sim card in Italy and had considerable problems and not enough band width to forward photos. That convinced us to spend the $100 for better service. Small price considering the hefty cost of travel to FR.
Posted by
OP
15 posts
Coming from Canada and the Roaming charges are far too much, which is why we want a SIM card. Will check out Orange, thank you. Any other suggestions welcomed as well.
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30 posts
No Roaming charges when you purchase the Verison European plan. Here's a site with lots of info- https://www.travellerspoint.com/forum.cfm?thread=113730
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2346 posts
No Roaming charges when you purchase the Verison European plan.
Verizon is an American provider, zilch to do with Canada, where the OP is from.
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Do you need a local phone number, or can you make any needed calls through an app like WhatsApp? Do you have a phone with eSIM capability? I'm planning to use an Airalo eSIM for an upcoming trip to Paris. Worked great for us in Turkey. Very affordable and you can buy anytime you like through their app; it'll activate when you land in France.