5 weeks in Italy Spain & France

Sambo56 · **5 weeks in Italy Spain & France -** 27-10-2008, 13:00

Hi,

We are travelling from Australia on a 5 week holiday to Europe soon and are trying to find a cheap but workable solution for Voice and Data (some email and small amount of browsing) whilst away. Our first stop is Rome, travelling through Italy then through Spain (initially Barcelona) then France (Paris only) .

We currently have 2 Telstra (Australian) SIMS and have presumed international roaming will be more expensive that using prepaid in Europe, but who knows?. Does anyone know of a good solution for these countries using only prepaid 2 SIMs (wife and I) for all of our trip or buying 2 individual SIMS for each country and whether buying a prepaid in the country of use is the best way to go.

Handsets are not really an issue as we have some tri and quad band 3G GSM/UMTS mobiles and smart phones.

Any information appreciated.

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Sambo56 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 14 Oct 2008 Country:	5 weeks in Italy Spain & France - 27-10-2008, 13:00 Hi, We are travelling from Australia on a 5 week holiday to Europe soon and are trying to find a cheap but workable solution for Voice and Data (some email and small amount of browsing) whilst away. Our first stop is Rome, travelling through Italy then through Spain (initially Barcelona) then France (Paris only) . We currently have 2 Telstra (Australian) SIMS and have presumed international roaming will be more expensive that using prepaid in Europe, but who knows?. Does anyone know of a good solution for these countries using only prepaid 2 SIMs (wife and I) for all of our trip or buying 2 individual SIMS for each country and whether buying a prepaid in the country of use is the best way to go. Handsets are not really an issue as we have some tri and quad band 3G GSM/UMTS mobiles and smart phones. Any information appreciated.