If you’re not using an eSIM when you travel, you’re getting ripped off

The article discusses the benefits of using an eSIM (embedded SIM) when traveling internationally, as opposed to relying on your home carrier's roaming plans. The author shares their personal experience of incurring high roaming fees on previous trips, highlighting the significant savings that can be achieved by switching to a local carrier using an eSIM. The article introduces several companies, such as Airalo, Holafly, and Saily, that offer affordable eSIM packages for travelers. It explains that with an eSIM, users can easily purchase a data plan for their destination country and activate it directly on their phone, without the need to visit a physical store or kiosk to obtain a physical SIM card. The author emphasizes that this solution can make international travel much more cost-effective, with examples of paying $11 for 5GB of data in Paris and $10 for 5GB in Spain, compared to the hundreds of dollars they had previously spent on roaming charges.