I’d probably suggest one of the Europe regional packs — 3GB good for a month is $13, 5GB is $20, covering the UK, Iceland, and a bunch of other European countries as well.

I’ve definitely got by on 2 or 3GB per month in the past, but it does depend a bit on how much you’ll be using your phone for navigation etc and whether you’ve got decent Wi-Fi in most/all of your accommodation. If you want a bit of extra buffer, go for 5GB, else choose the 3GB pack and just be aware of roughly how much you’re using.

Tip – If setting up more than one phone, use their referral bonus & discount for all additional lines
Tip #2 – Make sure to update your Settings for iMessage when you get back to the U.S. (or whenever you are using your primary US mobile number).

Thanks for the correction, Dave. Guess I misunderstood something I read somewhere.

I’m not traveling at the moment to check, but I’m not sure that it is required for operation on Android — from memory I purchased the eSIM on the website, then used the QR code to install and activate it, without using the app.

The app lets you see things like remaining data allowance and duration of the eSIMs you’ve bought, and buy new ones (although you can do both on the website as well), but I don’t recall it being a necessity.

None of that is a good excuse for the app having excessive trackers, of course, but I think you can at least do without it.

*(which is required for operation on Android)

You’d need to specify exactly where you were visiting, really, but it would be worth browsing the Airalo site to see if there’s an eSIM that covers all or most of the places you’re going, as well checking the prices for each individual country.

If it’s cheap enough to buy an eSIM with a few GB of data in each place, just do that (using the ship’s Wi-Fi connection to buy it) — it’s under $10 to do so in many countries.

Bear in mind that with any SIM card or eSIM, you’ll only get access when you’re within range of cell towers onshore.

Any thoughts on buying a ESIM for an Indian Ocean cruise visiting multiple countries? We are finding ship’swifi very slow and during high usage hours almost impossible to access.
Thanks.