We’ve got recommendations for Spain and Italy. Most, if not all, call/text/data packages purchased in Spain should work without roaming charges in Italy and France, but double-check at time of purchase, especially if you’re buying an inexpensive package with a lot of data.

All four countries are part of the EU or EEA, so as long as the call/text/data package you buy is valid for roaming, there should be no extra charges.

Thank you for putting down this article, it seems very helpful.

I am travelling to the following countries, in the mentioned order – Norway, Iceland, Denmark and lastly Sweden.

The sim car purchased in Norway would incur charges when being used in other countries such as Iceland?

Thanking you in anticipation.

As I mentioned in the article, carriers aren’t obligated to provide non-EU residents with free EU roaming. So far it seems like most of them do, but there aren’t any guarantees. You’ll need to check with the vendor when you buy.

Hi Anthony,

Check out our post on buying a SIM card in the UK for general details on the process. I’ve never bought a prepaid data-only SIM there, but it looks like the usual suspects (EE, O2, etc) offer them. The O2 pricing is a little better at the moment.

One thing I would say is that both EE and O2 have been called out recently for restricting overseas data speeds for their customers roaming in the EU. Both have said it’s a short-term measure… but exactly how short term remains to be seen. Your data will still work regardless, but it may or may not be as fast as you get within the UK.

Many thanks in advance.

While within range of your ships wireless may be an issue, I have a tmobile plan in the states with basically free everything international, except for marine cellular, was on a 24 day cruise and got home to a $1200 bill for the times my phone switched to the ship’s cell network t mobile was kind enough to eat it, but with the warning in the future not to let my phone access marine nwtworks, keep in mind it happens automatically, the phone will jump on them when it’s the oNE in range so you might want to look into how that might effect you with this new plan and your cruise

Assuming they don’t restrict roaming because you’re a tourist, you should be fine. Bear in mind it’ll only work when you’re in range of a land-based cellular tower from one of those countries, though.