By Bob Downs

When planning travel in Europe or around the world many travelers overlook the cost of cell phone use abroad. As a business traveler, student abroad, or an occasional traveler, you don’t want to have to worry about staying in touch with the office, family back home, or traveling companions. Using a rental cell phone to stay in touch is convenient and cost effective. Cell phones can be used to confirm or make reservations, call home, or confirm business appointments. They also let you avoid the extraordinary international calling rates charged by hotels and pay phones. (more…)

Customer service and economic prices enhance student travel. One of the last things you think of when planning for student travel abroad is cell phone service. Many parents come to find out that their child’s cell phone doesn’t possess the technology to access the cell phone providers in foreign countries. Thankfully, http://roberts-rent-a-phone.com can easily fill last minute rental requests. Their customer service, no hidden charge policy and low prices make it easy for parents to stay in touch while their students are on school trips. (more…)

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. (more…)