I found out I can use Skype to call home whilst I visit London and Scandinavia. For under $4.00/month (and just cancel after a month). Wow! It will be a US Skype account.....so when I get to London...I assume I just dial the area code and phone number to call (I've only ever used Skype to Skype calling in the past (which worked GREAT)?
This adds some flexibility.....as these calls would be Skype to land or cell phone lines in the US.
Thanks!!
You don't have to have a monthly account. You can just buy time and then use it as you need it for calling non-Skype numbers. Your credit never expires.
We used it to call regular numbers from both Ireland and France, both locally within the country and back to the U.S. All the calls were 2.1 cents/minute except calls to other Skype users which were free.
Consider asking your friends and family to set it up also - and do it before you go so you can check it out.
And yes, you just select US as the call destination and type in the area code and number. No international code is needed.
