Roaming rates comparison for this summer

Are you planning to leave the country this summer? Have you booked a week of vacation in some remote part of the world and you have no idea how you can communicate? If you want to walk not looking for a WiFi network throughout the day and you do not mind paying a little more in the concept of roaming, maybe you should find out what the rates currently offered by your carrier are. Although it is true that the European Union has imposed a mandatory lowering of the processes, talking and browsing on the mobile outside of Spain is still more expensive (especially outside the old continent). If you do not want to be surprised on your return bill, we recommend that you consult this guide, with a summary of the roaming rates offered by the most important operators in our country.

Movistar

The first roaming rates that we are going to take a look at are those of Movistar. If you plan to travel to Europe and you think that you are going to talk and surf a lot (that is, you are not going to make one or two specific calls), you have the option of contracting one of these two rates:

• Movistar Travel Europe. With a daily quota of 4 euros, you will have the possibility to consume 300 MB or 20 MB (if you connect from Switzerland). The following countries are included here: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Finland, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Martinique Island, Reunion Island, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mayotte, Norway, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican, Spain (for destination area), the Azores, Madeira, San Martín.

• Daily Rate Europe. It also costs 4 euros a day and if you don't make any calls, you pay nothing. Within the same countries that we have indicated above, you will have the opportunity to make up to 120 minutes of calls.

Be that as it may, if you do not contract any of these rates and make calls or navigate on time, you will have to take advantage of the following rates:

• Calls to Spain or the European Union: 6.05 cents / minute
• Calls received: 1.38 cents / minute
• Calls to other destinations: 4.83 euros / minute
• Call establishment: 0.79 euros
• Sending SMS: 2.42 cents
• MMS sending: 6.05 cents
• Internet: 6.05 cents / MB

If you are going to call or navigate from other countries (we have checked, for example, Argentina, the United States or China), the prices are higher:

• Calls sent and received: 1.82 to 3.03 euros / minute
• Calls to other destinations: 4.83 euros / minute
• Call setup: up to 1.94 euros
• Sending SMS: 1.21 euros
• Sending MMS: 4.84 euros
• Internet: 12.10 euros / MB

Vodafone

The British-based operator Vodafone is one of the ones that offers the most facilities to customers who travel abroad and want to call or navigate from there. Since relatively recently, the operator has offered free roaming from any country in Europe and the United States (for RED rates and offers convergent with these rates for mobile phones). You will be able to do all your procedures without having to contract any additional fee. It will, in fact, as if you were consuming your calling minutes and GB from Spain. In this way, you can make calls and send SMS to other numbers in Spain, but also to other numbers of the country you are visiting. You can also do the same, but other countries that are under the umbrella of the Zone 1 : This includes those of the European Union, the United States, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Albania and Turkey. If you are a Vodafone customer, you will have to activate this service by accessing My Vodafone, but it will not cost you anything more than what you usually pay for the rate you have contracted. If you are a Mi Fibra Ono customer, you will have to dial the code * 143 # and the call key on your phone.

But, what if I have to travel to another country that is not included in the so - called Z one 1 and also want to use roaming services? In that case, it will be mandatory to contract a roaming rate. Outside of the aforementioned territories, you will have unlimited minutes and SMS and the GB you have contracted with your additional rate for 12 euros per month, as long as you have contracted the Red, One M, One L, + Line M and + Line L rates. With the rest of the rates, the cost will also be 10 euros, but you will only have 20 minutes and 20 SMS per day and 20 MB to browse per day. If you are a prepaid customer, the cost becomes almost 5 euros a day, being able to send 20 SMS and make 20 minutes of calls a day. You can also spend 20 MB each day.

The countries included are the following: Anguilla, Antigua, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji Islands, Macedonia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russia, Samoa, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turquoises and Caicos, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands, Vanuatu, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Egypt.

Orange

The Orange company also has its own solution for customers traveling abroad. First of all, you should know that if you already enjoy 4G in Spain, you can also do it in your destination country without problems. Regarding the rates, it should be noted that Orange offers you the possibility of enjoying 100 MB of Internet per day for 1 euro and 60 minutes of calls, also for 1 euro. This modality is available for the countries of the European Union, Iceland and Liechtenstein. But if you do not have this mode activated, it will be necessary for you to take into account that there are other rates, whose complexity is important, so be very careful.

The Zone 1, which is corresponding to the countries of the European Union, offers the following prices:

• Calls within the country: 0.061 cents / minute
• To another country: 1.69 euros / minute
• Receive calls: 0.014 cents
• Text messages to other countries: 0.024 cents
• Multimedia: 0.061 cents
• Browse the Internet in Europe or associated countries: 0.061 cents / MB
• Establishment: 0 euros

If you are in Zone 2 or Zone 3 (you can check all the countries here) the prices will be much more expensive. Here the prices are:

• Calls within and outside the country: 1.69 and 3.15 euros / minute
• Receive calls: 1.69 and 2.66 euros / minute
• Text messages to other countries: 1.21 euros
• Multimedia: 2.27 euros
• Browse the Internet in Europe or associated countries: 6.05 euros (500 KB per day)
• Establishment: 1.82 euros

Yoigo

What if you call with Yoigo ? If you are a client of this company, you will also have to be clear that the operator distinguishes between roaming in Europe and that carried out in other countries. So, if you call from Europe or other partner countries, the prices will be as follows:

• Calls to Europe or associated countries: 6.05 cents / minute
• To the rest of the world: 2.54 euros / minute
• Receive calls: 1.21 cents / minute
• Text messages to Europe or partner countries: 7.26 cents
• To the rest of the world: 36.30 cents
• Multimedia: 24.20 cents
• Browse the Internet in Europe or associated countries: 6.05 cents / MB

Fortunately, the call establishment is free. You should know, on the other hand, that the countries that are included in these prices are the following: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France & Reunion & Martinique & French Guiana & Guadeloupe, Gibraltar, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy & San Marino, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Romania and Sweden.

And what happens if I want to call from another country? Well, in that case, you have to consider the following rates (which, as expected, are much more expensive).

• Calls within the country: 1,089 euros / minute
• Calls to another country: 2.54 euros / minute
• Receive calls: 43.56 cents / minute
• Text messages to other countries: 36.30 cents
• Multimedia: 1,089 cents
• Browse the Internet in Europe or associated countries: 10.89 cents / MB
• Establishment: 43.56 cents