Comments on: Buying a SIM Card or eSIM for Travel in Malta https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-malta/ Tech gear, gadgets, reviews, and advice Sat, 03 May 2025 10:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: John A. https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-malta/#comment-790655 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=16722#comment-790655 @Angelique Chatelier and @Dave Dean: In Europe, I use a pay-go Vodafone UK SIM card that I got from Amazon, pre-activated by the vendor. Although post-Brexit it no longer includes free EU roaming, Vodafone offers 8-day EU add-ons for data, messages, or calls, either individually or all-in-one. Cost currently ranges from 3 to 10 pounds for the 8 days. Without the add-on, you still have incoming calls and texts at no cost. So the price is reasonable, if not phenomenal, and two other advantages are: (1) the SIM (and loaded credit) can be kept active with a either a single usage charge or a top-up at least every 180 days, and (2) customer service and messages from Vodafone are all in English. There are usually SIMs from other UK carriers on Amazon, as well, e.g. Orange, Three UK.

]]> By: Dave Dean https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-malta/#comment-787865 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=16722#comment-787865 In reply to Angelique Chatelier.

You can buy international SIMs ahead of time (we mention one in the article), but I’m not sure about local SIMs. Vodafone Malta doesn’t offer it, so you’d need to buy from some random third-party seller on Ebay or Amazon or somewhere. That’s not something I recommend–there’s essentially no support or certainty about what you’re actually buying–but I know a few people do it.

]]> By: Angelique Chatelier https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-malta/#comment-787864 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=16722#comment-787864 ]]> Nicely done. Thank you. I am new to travel overseas. I cannot buy a SIM (Canada) before my arrival in Malta? My phone is too old for E-Sim 🙂

]]> By: Justin Corey https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-malta/#comment-649592 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=16722#comment-649592 We are coming out to Malta for 16 nights from 20/08/2017 – I will be bringing my portable router as I have 5 children and the missus too – do Vodafone sell sims exclusive for portable router only?

]]> By: Dave Dean https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-malta/#comment-646643 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=16722#comment-646643 In reply to Bob Lidd.

Yes, at EU roaming rates. It’s 3 euros/day at the moment, but EU roaming fees are being abolished for residents across the board next month. How that applies to tourists remains to be seen.

]]> By: Bob Lidd https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-malta/#comment-646627 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=16722#comment-646627 Does the Vodafone card provide coverage for Sicily as well?

]]> By: Dave Dean https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-malta/#comment-645258 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=16722#comment-645258 In reply to Clemes.

Thanks for pointing out the duplicated paragraph — fat fingers! All fixed now.

]]> By: Clemes https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-malta/#comment-645257 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=16722#comment-645257 Thanks! – Why did you not talk about “Go”? Not a good option?

Btw: You’ve included a paragraph twice in the article: RedTouch Fone is more of a cute quirk……

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