Traveling to Italy for 1 week. Is it better to get the int'l data plan or get a SIM card when I get there?

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Neither. Just use wifi in hotel and coffee shops. It's free and ubiquitous in larger cities. Unless you need to actually call friends or family in country. Oh, and eat a lot of gelato. Like 4 times a day...

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Or just don't be glued to your phone while on vacation...

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No need if it's for pleasure. I travel abroad at least once a year and have never gotten a data plan or SIM card. Use wifi at your hotel and cafes (McDonalds always has wifi too). It feels great to be disconnected from the phone and enjoy the moment/scene/people you are traveling with. The phone is basically just a camera when you're there. Enjoy your trip! If you go to Rome, eat at Dar Poeta in Trastevere 😊

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Don't you wish you worked at PwC. My phone bill $500 every December and the firm pays it

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Agree with Deloitte especially if you have iPhone. Imessage, Factetime, FaceTime audio. If not then WhatsApp is also great

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I think the firms already have some sort of international package on your plan, or at least p dubs does. I went abroad for a couple weeks this summer and used my phone some, it worked fine.

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Work or personal? If work, you have international plan added just for time you are there,

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Get the intl data plan for a month then take it off

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Just expense it

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Get an international plan added, it's pretty cheap...more importantly if you don't speak Italiano or anything close to it.

Verizon charges $10 a day to use your own data. For a week it's probably worth the convenience.

Just leave the work at home. Only suckers check work emails on vacation.

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