Has anyone used the Icelandair eSIM feature for their travel to Iceland? I thought I had set it up for my trip to Germany but I was never able to activate Google maps, which was the only reason why I really wanted it. When I’m walking around the town I like to know where I am and where I am in relation to my hotel, etc., I am confused about eSIm usage on an iPhone . Help!
Posted by
Denver area
13 posts
I have never used the eSIM feature you mention. However a few years ago we bought a portable wifi unit (travelwifi...Sapphire) that we use for every country we visit. When we bought it we got a certain amount of GB . We buy extra when we travel overseas. Our last use was in Paris over Thanksgiving and I used Google maps a lot with no issues . I have an Android..my daughter has same unit and she has an iPhone
For our upcoming trip to Iceland we will buy the data amount we want and know we will.be fine. You can connect 5 other devices to it as well
Something to consider!
Posted by
Washington DC
27124 posts
I bought two country-specific eSIMs from Airalo last year--one for Poland and one for Turkey. The worked fine.
I have an Android phone, but I think some of our iPhone users have also used Airalo eSIMs without difficulty. I'm guessing the Icelandair eSIM is some sort of special feature you can take advantage of if you fly Icelandair to Europe, but Airalo eSIMs are generally quite inexpensive.
Posted by
5 posts
I am not sure about eSim but if you do rent a car during your trip, just add a portable wifi box with you. In that case it solves your issue and you can connect up to 8 devices on it
Posted by
Duluth 🛶
6327 posts
I used an Airalo eSIM last year in Germany for 3 weeks and had no problems at all - and I have an iPhone.
You might want to read Apple Support about using an eSIM on an iPhone - it helped me the first time. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212780