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by Bob Downs, Bob

As a business traveler, student abroad, or an occasional tourist, you don't want to have to worry about staying in touch with the office, family back home, or traveling companions. Using a cell phone to stay in touch is convenient and cost effective. Cell phones can be used to confirm or make reservations, call home, or confirm business appointments. They also let you avoid the extraordinary international calling rates charged by hotels and pay phones.

Many travelers don't realize that the cell phone standards and equipment we use in the USA are incompatible with the GSM (Global System for worldwide Mobile communication) 900/1800 standards used abroad. If your phone does work overseas, depending on your service, you can wind up paying expensive roaming rates plus other hidden charges.
Simply put, your cell phone probably does not work overseas. This means that if you want to stay in touch by cell phone you will need to buy or rent a compatible phone. Most of us don't travel frequently enough to warrant buying an international phone.

Thankfully, you can rent an on the internet before you depart. We think this is a better option then renting a phone on arrival at your destination because local inventories tend to be depleted and phones may not be available at all times and, you won't be able to disseminate your contact number before you depart. If you rent from one of the companies on the web, remember that not all companies include all charges in their quoted rates (be sure that you read their terms). This can result in your charges being 2 to 3 times more than the quoted minute rates. These companies also rent satellite phones for locations where cell phone coverage is limited suchas, cruises, undeveloped regions and state parks.

Roberts Rent-A-Phone is one of the online companies. During their 15 years of service to the travel industry they have developed a highly regarded reputation for providing quality equipment and personal customer service.

Roberts has developed a simple one page order/contract form. Unlike their competitors, there are no hidden charges and there is no fine print. They do not add VAT taxes, international connectivity charges, roaming or surcharges to their quoted rates. Their phones work in over 130 countries, with simple order forms designed for different regions of travel worldwide.

These regions include: Africa, Asia (including Australia), Caribbean, Europe, Eastern Europe, France only, Italy only, Middle East, South America and the UK. More information about International Cell Phone Rental is available at roberts-rent-a-phone.com or by calling our customer service center Toll Free (800) 964-2468

You are now ready for that once in a lifetime trip to Europe or some other exotic place but you hate to leave home without your cell phone. Now is not the time to panic whether you are needing the best international cell phone service India or just a cheap international cell phones, your needs can be met.

You could shop around for an international cell phone rental at airports but why not save some money and rent an international cell phone. Perhaps you are attracted to a prepaid international cell phone plans or just the economical international sim cards. Which ever you chose could save you tons of money. There are even disposable international cell phones.

One more avenue one should consider when planning their traveling is renting a satellite phone. Satellite phones have a large cover area which can be important depending upon where you travel. New satellite phones can be rather expensive but searching for satellite phones on the web for used ones may surprise you at the money you might save. Refurbished satellite phone might be a consideration. Most of these usually come with a warrant and the cost is something to consider.

One major thing to consider when you purchase your international cell phone, may sure before you depart, you know how to disable international roaming. International roaming could wind up costing you lots of money that you weren't prepared to spend.

An International cell phone provides peace of mind for you and your family when you are traveling away from home overseas. Owning or having available an international cell provides safety and security whether the traveling is for leisure, business or even studying abroad.

Most rentals in many countries include free incoming calls. Many of the phones service will provide your phone prior to departure. Always plan for this so that you don't have to leave home with out it. A good rental company will tailor their international cell phones to meet your needs, guarantee hassle-free, affordable communication abroad. Renting an international cell phone does not need to be difficult or complicated.

When I traveled frequently from different countries, I utilized a prepaid SIM card for each country. Once I landed say from the France and then traveled to Norway, I would just pop out my France SIM card and replace it with the one from Norway. Each of my cards had my contact information. I found this very useful.

Prepaid SIM Cards are the best way to go. With a prepaid SIM card, you buy a specific amount of talk time. The advantages are you are setting your budget so there are no surprises. You can add more talk time to your SIM card later if needed. There are two types of prepaid communications solutions. There are the country-specific solutions and the other type meets the international solution. The least expensive way is the country-specific solution for making and receiving cell phone calls in a specific country. This allows you to take advantage of the inexpensive local rates in a specific country but you will need a separate card for each country.

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