Verizon has introduced TravelPass, a new way for its customers to use their smartphones overseas at a more affordable cost. Under this new plan, customers will be able to use their data in Canada or Mexico for $2 per 24 hour period, or $10 per 24 hour period in more than 65 other countries. Previously, Verizon forced users to pay large roaming charges, and adding international data could get quite expensive.
The daily fee is only charged on the days you use it in one of the TravelPass countries. TravelPass activates when you make or receive a call, connect to a data service or send a text while within one of the 65+ countries where TravelPass is available. Another daily session will begin once you make or receive a call, send a text or use data after the 24-hour period expires. You can keep TravelPass on your account at no charge so it will be ready the next time your travels take you abroad.
This is a big step forward for Verizon in becoming more competitive for those who travel. Other US carriers have been making international usage more appealing, so its great to see Verizon follow in those footsteps. Interested in how Verizon's new offerings compare to the other US carriers? Check out the link below for a full breakdown.
International data overseas: See how the US carriers stack up
Source: Verizon
Reader comments
Verizon's TravelPass will make it more affordable to use your phone internationally
The only question I have is: Is the price per line or per account? If both my wife and I travel and use our phones, would it be $4/$20 or $2/10.
I am traveling to Paris in April and have been researching the cost/availability of a data sim card. This just might be the solution. I am anxious to check into it further.
I am going to the Netherlands.. I wonder what network will it connect to and what kind of speeds and is it available for unlimited data holdovers.
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This is actually a pretty good deal for Canada and Mexico although I feel the $10 rate for the rest of the world is a bit too high. I would have rather seen something like $5 but with a 100MB daily data limit rather than charge everyone $10 per day regardless of usage. With the plan as it is I feel like moderate users are subsidizing heavy users.
Not sure if it's just not fully rolled out yet but it's not showing as an option on my unlimited data lines. No definitive info about this on the Verizon site (other than an ominous mention of requiring a qualifying plan). Hope they will make it available for UDP lines but I don't think they will.
Google voice and a new sim once you get in country. Forward the new number and you wont miss a call. Its way cheaper still, any plan a US provider tried to dupe you into will cost more.
More details please! I'm going to Singapore next month, and this sounds so much better than buying a 5X and activating my FI account.
Just spent 10 days in London on the $40 plan, of course really can't use data that way (100mb) but worked for phone calls and texts. This would have cost me $100! Yes would have data but found enough wifi that it wasn't a big deal.
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If you have an unlocked phone and are going to London, I would suggest Toggle Mobile. Their service, which is prepaid, is fairly cheap (0.03p per minute and data bundles starting at £5). I ended up spending somewhere around £10 ($15) for my last trip (9 days) and that included the 1GB of data bundle that I purchased. The nice thing about Toggle Mobile is that you can also get numbers in multiple countries so I setup a US number and forwarded my existing number to the US number they gave me. Worked great and is even cheaper than what you paid.