By Bob Downs

When planning travel in Europe or around the world many travelers overlook the cost of cell phone use abroad. Many travelers don’t realize that the cell phone standards and the equipment that most of us 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 like VAT taxes and mobile termination fees. One company helps to make cellphone use more affordable, Roberts Rent-A-Phone. With their new lower rates Roberts Rent-A-Phone provides more affordable travel cell phone rentals at everyday rates lower than their competitions discounted rates. Also, they do not add Vat taxes, connection charges, mobile termination charges etc.

Business travelers, students and occasional travelers want to be able to rely on their cell phones to stay in touch with the office, parents and family back home. They also expect quality service, and economical usage. Roberts provides just that. Many of their minute rates are actually lower than those of international plans available through your regular service provider.

Simply put, if your cell phone is not unlocked or your phone does not work overseas, and you want to rent a phone for your travel, Roberts Rent-A-Phone is one source you should consider. Be careful, there are a lot of companies that rent cell phones to travelers and almost all of these cell phone services add extra fees not included in their quoted price, Roberts does not.

Roberts also rents GPS units and Satellite phone

More information about International Cell Phone Rentals is available at http://roberts-rent-a-phone.com or by calling Roberts customer service center Toll Free (800) 964-2468