In October I will be going to Paris for 13 days and then to Vienna and Salzburg for 12 days. I will be carrying my iPhone, which can switch back & forth between two eSIMS. Is there any company offering an eSIM that will work in both countries for a total of 25 days? Please recommend.
If there are none that work in both countries, please recommend one for France and one for Europe.
Thanks!
Orange and SFR have very similar plans that will work.
https://boutique.orange.fr/vitrine/carte-prepayee-orange-holiday-europe-en/
I have the 12 gig plan which includes unlimited calls and texts, and you get to keep the phone number so long as you register it.
It is much cheaper than adding international to your US plan, no matter who your provider is.
Lot of "Regional Plan" options, prices vary, so shop around. Some vendors offer esim with a local phone number, but those plans cost more. On an esim vendor's website, look for "Regional Plan", rather than country specific. Sometimes you need a "Global Plan" to get a phone number.
You should be able to do without the phone number, if you can enable "Wifi Calling" on your phone. Then you can use your regular number and call/text with either wifi or data from the new esim. If that's what you want to do, I'd suggest trying it at home first, as there are some settings to tinker with.
Is there any company offering an eSIM that will work in both countries for a total of 25 days?
Many options exist, and in my experience, it's basically a non-issue from the major players and easy to find country coverage on the esim provider's website.
I've used Orange multiple times over the past several years (for France, Spain, the Netherlands, & Portugal), but there are several others that regularly get recommended here depending upon your specific needs - like data only or a local phone number or similar. I usually get the Holiday in 2 week or one month flavors, and that gives me a French phone number and data and texting. Easy to use, and relatively inexpensive.
Airalo is one company that many on here use, I've used them for Turkey with no issues. They offer a European package covering 42 countries for as low as £4 for 7 days with 1Gb data.
Great timing! I'm about to head to Europe and spent this entire morning researching various eSIM plans. I'm going to use Ubigi's general Europe plan ($7 for 3GB for 30 days across all of Europe). All you need is the app, plus you can top up without wifi or data when you want.
