Tesco Mobile has a Home From Home plan that lets you use your regular plan’s calling minutes, texts, and data in 48 destinations within the E.U. and beyond.
But if you use up your allotted plan or you’re visiting a country that’s not a Home From Home destination, you will pay individually per call, per text, and per MB of data usage. (And you can save big bucks by using an eSIM for all data instead.)
If you plan on making a lot of phone calls and sending a lot of texts while you’re travelling, paying individually per call and per text can add up quickly.
But if you won’t be calling/texting much while you travel (remember, iMessage doesn’t count as texting), it will be much cheaper to use an eSIM for data and only pay Tesco for any active calling minutes and outgoing texts.
1. Make sure you have a device that supports eSIM
2. Download the free aloSIM app
3. Buy and install an eSIM (digital SIM)
4. Activate your prepaid data package
During activation, we’ll show you how to set your device to keep your phone number active, while preventing roaming on your Tesco plan. You’ll only pay Tesco for calls and texts, not data!
If you’re using an eSIM for all data usage, you have disabled Data Roaming for your Tesco SIM, and you have opted out of any Tesco roaming plans, they will not charge you data roaming fees.
Whether you have an iPhone, Samsung, or Google Pixel device, we can show you how to keep your phone number available while preventing your Tesco SIM from “roaming” and using data while you travel.
aloSIM has data package for 200+ countries
Questions about using eSIM for international data?
Contact aloSIM Support (available 24/7)