Title: What You Need to Know About International Phone Calls
Headings: Making International Phone Calls: Tips for Travelers
Making International Phone Calls: Tips for Travelers
Anatomy of a European Phone Number - Breaking the Telephone Code
Making the International Phone Call
Dialing North America from Europe
Calling from Country to Country in Europe
Problem Solving Calling Abroad
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Content: Calling from Country to Country in Europe
For making calls in Europe from country to country you can use your U.S. mobile phone with roaming, which is often expensive so check with your carrier. You can buy a cheap cell phone in Europe with a local SIM, or, if you have an unlocked cell phone and are planning multiple country vacations, you can get a sim card in most countries from a store or kiosk. If you just make local calls and receive email, a SIM card with 20 or 30 euro credit will probably do. In some countries, you can drop the area code if dialing landline to landline within the same area code. In other countries, you have to dial the full number. To reduce the confusion you can just dial the full phone number, including the area code or prefix as a general rule. Problem Solving Calling Abroad
The website, How to Call Abroad, is a good resource for problem-solving. Issues such a call consistently not going through, looking up any country's calling code, and checking which countries us the North American Numbering Plan can be found on the site. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know!