Prepaid Esim

I've tested Airalo in prep for our upcoming RSE Best of Tuscany in 37 days; I set up a 7-day, $5 eSIM here at home, made some calls, did some texting, downloaded some documents, to see how it worked.

It worked great, is really easy to use, and I found it fairly transparent. There are single-country eSIMs, and there is also a regional eSIM that covers 39 countries in Europe if you're going to both Italy and Germany in the same time period.

For a 30-day eSIM in Italy, 10GB of data transfer, it will cost me $24; if I wanted to make phone calls (I won't), I could spend another $5 for a temporary phone number, using their companion app called Hushed, which will assign you a phone number that you can use with your eSIM.

You can find Airalo on the Apple App Store; I'm sure it's also available for other devices as well. Most iPhones are supported, going back to the iPhone 10, I believe.

Thanks Bob, I’ll check it out. I’m currently switching from Verizon to T-Mobile in the US. They have a solution as well but not as cost attractive as your suggestion. Cost is a factor but, so is simplicity and convenience.