How to Prevent Roaming Charges

Although roaming charges nowadays are quite minimal or even non-existent depending on which network you’re on, some people want to avoid fee hassle completely. If you’re one of those people, here are 4 ways to prevent roaming charges:

Download Media and Files at Home

Whether it’s downloading your favourite TV series to watch on the plane or a good audiobook to play late at night, doing so while you’re abroad can eat up a lot of your data allowance. To avoid this hassle do all your downloading beforehand at home on Wi-Fi.

Stay Connected to WiFi

Speaking of Wi-Fi, staying connected to this as much as you can during your travels will be your saviour. This might be the case of connecting to your hotel’s free Wi-Fi or even a restaurant’s Wi-Fi whilst you’re dining – every GB counts whilst you’re away!

Make the Most Out of Calling Apps

Staying connected to your loved ones back home is important, so if you want to call back home, connect to Wi-Fi and do so using messaging apps like Skype, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. This means none of your limited data allowance will be taken up and you get to have a good catch-up – it’s a win-win!

Turn off Data Roaming in Your Settings 

To avoid charges altogether you can turn off data roaming completely. To do this head to ‘Settings’ on your phone and scroll until you see a data roaming toggle and turn this off.

And there you have it! Now you can head on your holiday adventure stress-free knowing you won’t be charged a fortune.