The top 10 ways to make phone calls when you are abroad

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10-31-2008 @ 4:02PM

Craig said...

Another way is to get a local (in the country you're visiting) prepaid SIM and a calling card such as the ones from clonecom or enjoyprepaid. Those cards have local phone numbers in most big cities, so you just call that number (charging a low local rate to your SIM) and connect to the US number through the calling card (usually something like 5 cents/min). I did this in Germany and Austria this past summer using an unlocked blackberry I got off ebay cheaply and it came out to about 15 cents/min total.

The other advantage of local prepaid SIMs is that you can call restaurants, confirm hotel reservations, etc.

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