Am traveling to Krakow, Prague, Budapest, Vienna and Salzburg in May of 2024. Any recommendations on the best Esim to load into my phone for all those countries? I would like to load the Esim once and use it for the entire trip.
Posted by
Duluth 🛶
6323 posts
I've had good service with Airalo, which offers regional eSIMs, including one for Europe. The service was good, prices are reasonable and the installation was easy. Their website gives good and details instructions. https://www.airalo.com/europe-esim
Posted by
Washington DC
27122 posts
I used eSIMs purchased from Airalo in Poland and Turkey earlier this year. I had no need for a multi-country eSIM, but I could have gotten one from Airalo. Prices seemed very reasonable to me, but I was looking for a data-only eSIM; I didn't need something providing phone service.
Posted by
TX, USA
4082 posts
I generally use the Airalo regional eSim for Europe that Mardee linked to. I have used it (data only) in all your .locations except Prague, as well as many more, without a problem. Airalo does offer a more expensive eSim with a phone number if you think you will need that. I find it cheaper to use Skype for my rare necessary phone call.
Posted by
Nova Scotia, Canada
233 posts
I have used airolo but I like the ease of having some calling available--anyone use vodaphone in Poland? We had great coverage in Portugal and Spain but our next trip is Poland/Hungary.
Posted by
1 posts
take a look at knowroaming.com, excellent rates and a great service
Posted by
USA
6 posts
I've had the best experience with GigSky. They have a great European Regional plan and they are an actual U.S. mobile operator so they can provide you with live customer support and will keep your data safe. They also offer a 100MB free plan for new users so you can be sure you're set up properly without having to pay them first.
I'll recently used their new Europe + Cruise combo plan and it was seamless and saved me a ton on roaming and the cruise WiFi.
Posted by
2333 posts
My biggest beef with eSIM providers like Airalo is the lack of 20GB to 50GB options and if they did the price would likely be in the 3x to 4x higher than purchasing in-country physical data SIM cards.
In the case of the OP, which looks to be a few days here, a few days there - maybe look at the Orange SIM card options.
REMEMBER, you want big GB options, not paltry MB options.
Posted by
OP
4 posts
Thanks to all for the information! I really appreciate it!