For my trip to Europe I ended up getting a Toggle Mobile card, which seemed like the best deal for this trip. It has free incoming calls in 20 countries and in 16 additional countries there is a 19 pence connection charge but free per minute on incoming calls. The default UK number +45 74385-XXXXX is expensive to call. But I got a Denmark based # +45-7156-XXXX (free for 30 days or get it for a year for 5 pounds) . Localphone.com will forward to the Denmark # at a cost of 2.9 cents/minute. Localphone.com charged $3.00 to setup a USA incoming # and then $0.99 per month to maintain it.
My trip takes me through or in to these countries (Toggle Mobile "local number" countries are in bold):
Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary,
Switzerland, France, and Spain.
Toggle Mobile: Free incoming calls in over 20 countries link
Toggle Mobile free incoming countries (countries I will be traveling in or through in bold):
Australia
Austria Belgium Cyprus
Denmark France Germany Greece Hong Kong India Ireland Italy
Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Singapore
Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States
Toggle Mobile free incoming calls with a 19 pence connection charge countries (countries I will be traveling in or through in bold):
Cambodia
Czech Republic Dominican Republic
Hungary Indonesia Kenya Latvia Lithuania Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Nigeria Romania Slovenia Thailand Vietnam
Toggle Mobile "local number" countries (countries I will be traveling in or through in bold):
Australia
Denmark France Germany Ireland
Netherlands Norway Poland
Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
Rates for the "local number" countries to calls to any of the 20 free incoming countries seem to be:
Landline: 3p/min, Mobile: 9p/min, SMS: 9p/sms, Data: 15p/mb. Incoming calls and texts are free.
Toggle Mobile Tariffs & coverage link
I also have a Truphone SIM and a Piranha Mobile SIM in a cheap $28 Dual SIM Quad Band phone (Samsung GT-E1182L) that I will also carry with me. And additionally I have a Hotvoip.com account if I need it. And of course Skype
And I'm leaving open the option of buying a local SIM for extra data coverage. I am traveling with a total of three phones (two Android phones and one dual SIM voice/text only phone). Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Toggle Mobile SIM), Samsung GT-E1182L (Truphone and Piranha SIMs), and a LG Nexus 4 (local country SIM if desired). Seems like overkill when looking at it
