Summer for many of us means travel. For those of us toting our cell phones around that can also mean some huge cell phone bills. Here’s a number of ways to avoid some costly overages, roaming charges, and surprises on your bill.
- Watch out for roaming – Roaming is a huge issue and can result in massive, unexpected charges on your bill.
- Roaming Texts – When/if roaming don’t forget about your text messaging usage.
- Consider Ditching the data plan for WiFi – You may in fact be able to ditch your data plan all together and simply use data only over WiFi
- Traveling? Get a Pre-Paid SIM – Expect to pay between $30 – $50 to have a local SIM card while on vacation.
- Optional Features – make sure you study and know your usage patterns.
- Change Your Plans – If your work or travel patterns change consider dropping your current plan or reducing it
- Don’t fall for the “Free” Phone – We’ve all seen it.. get a smartphone for $0
- Look At The Family Plan – There’s strength in numbers
- Pre Paid – If all else fails and you don’t want to commit to a carrier
- Texting Too much? Buy a bundle
