Visiting Italy and France

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Originally Posted by ahab

Yeah, the accessibility factor is one of the most important things to me. ...............
Thanks.

What do you mean by accessibility? That they be able to reach you at any time?

If you buy a SIM there (say Italy as recommended) and the outbound rate is .5 Euro (not euro cents - 1 Euro is ~ $1.30 so .5 Euros is about 65 US cents), then I recommend that your family calls YOU. You will have free inbound in Italy and they will have to pay intl LD charges to an Italian cell. My guess is with a decent US calling card that will be around $0.30 per minute, perhaps less. It's cheaper to a landline so if you happen to be in the hotel room, they could call you back on a landline #.

TRUE, you will be paying INBOUND fees with the IT SIM card in FR. Top up on your last day in IT.

Stan