Whilst inside the Nomad app we also decided to take a look at a few other packages to get a feel for what else is on offer.
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When we left the house and went through town towards the beach in Ashvem, things did improve a bit and my girlfriend was able to get online, tune into WhatsApp and download her daily fix of pornography! Other Nomad Packages Still, 1 bar is infinitely better than 0, and as such Nomad was not making a positive initial impression. To be fair, we live out in the sticks in Goa and a lot of carriers don’t cover the area at all.īy comparison, my plastic VI Sim usually gets about a measly 1 bar of signal out here (we have Wi-Fi in the house). Once we’d downloaded and activated the eSim we hit a bit of an anticlimax as the eSim struggled to find any network and could not connect. The main drawback that I experienced with Nomad is that a lot of packages are data only and do not come with a local number – this may or may not be an issue for you but it’s something you should bear in mind. Note: Nomad doesn’t actually provide the sim package – they merely facilitate it. This makes it ideal for frequent travellers and backpackers who visit a large number of countries – you just need to download Nomad once then you are good to go wherever you’re headed. In short, you will be able to find some kind of sim package for your chosen destination using Nomad. Just remember that either way, Nomad will only work on devices that are eSim compatible.įor us, the main advantage of Nomad is that they offer a number of different sim packages for pretty much every country on earth. However, users will get a better browsing experience if they download the Nomad app onto their device instead and this is exactly what we did when using Nomad. In order to use Nomad, users can simply browse the Nomad website’s eStore and look for suitable eSim packages. Nomad is a digital eSIM marketplace that connects global travellers with affordable data plans anywhere in the world, without the need for a plastic SIM. As I said, in a lot of destinations it was quite tricky to do, and of course, all of that disposable plastic took its toll on the environment. In the case of Israel or Hong Kong, this was quick and painless but in the case of India, it could take days of frustration to get sorted.īuying local sim cards every time we travel to a new country was never an ideal solution. With that in mind, for the last few years the ‘ done thing’ has been to pick up a local sim upon arrival at our destination. However these tend to be expensive and are only really suitable for frequent travellers. There are some international sim card providers out there offering cards that work all over the world, or in certain regions (ie, all of Europe). If the sim does still work, then high roaming charges will burn through our credit in a matter of hours or rack up a bill high enough to ruin your trip and add insult to injury when you arrive back home! However, for the most part, our sim cards stop working the minute we land in or step into a new country. Sim cards issued in any EU country work seamlessly across the entire block and a few North American carriers work both sides of the US/Canada border. There are of course a few exceptions here and there. If you have ever visited Tijuana from San Diego, then you may note that your US sim stops working the second you cross the border. In this post, we are going to take a look at how an eSim works and how an exciting app called Nomad can help you to get the most out of it. Thankfully though, a new, innovative and rather brilliant solution is upon us. Roaming charges can be seriously expensive and there are plenty of anecdotes of unwitting travellers racking up hundreds of dollars in bills! Ouch! Then there is nothing on earth more annoying than losing your internet connection just as your Uber or Grab is approaching.
However, using your phone overseas can be, erm, complicated. Whether you like it or not, the fact is that modern travellers often need their phones for things like boarding passes, travel banking and making bookings. Instead, we used (digital) cameras for taking pictures, paper maps for navigation and moronic gestures for communicating across language barriers… Ok, so some things we still do from time to time! But wow how times have changed!įlash forward 12 years and smartphones are an integral part of our, and your travel reality. It may not seem that long ago, but when we first started travelling just over one decade ago, we didn’t really use our mobile phones that much.
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