International cell phone plan way cheaper than I thought

[disneysteve]

Our daughter is leaving for Belgium this week. We needed to get her an international plan for calling, texting, and data.

We were very surprised to learn that with AT&T, it is only $10/day for unlimited calling and texting and access to our home data plan. No additional charges or hidden fees. She'll only be gone for 5 days so $50 + tax. That's not bad at all. It's amazing how cheap this stuff has gotten.

[Gaston]

I wonder if it got any cheaper since EU made roaming be the same price all around the union.

[sblatner]

Verizon has the same plan.

We went to Canada in May and thought we would have to pay a lot to add Canada. Last year, it was $2 per day which for four people would have been $8 x 7 so $56 total. This year, Canada is included in our plan which was a nice surprise.

Our son just spent time overseas and it was supposed to be $10 per day so we'll see when the bill arrives. Nice to know there aren't supposed to be any surprises.