Vodafone UK permits you to use your telephone in over 150 nations all over the world, however since January 2022 just a few issues have modified. Some nations are free to roam in for some prospects, whereas different nations incur every day expenses.
We’ve damaged down how roaming works for each Pay Month-to-month and Pay As You Go Vodafone prospects – together with nations the place you may roam without spending a dime and different knowledge roaming prices.
Adjustments to roaming expenses
Sadly, Vodafone has modified Pay Month-to-month plans which have beforehand included free roaming in its Europe Zone. These adjustments have an effect on each private and enterprise prospects.
What has modified?
Pay Month-to-month prospects who joined Vodafone or upgraded or modified their plans on or after 11 August 2021 will get a every day cost for utilizing their telephones in European roaming zones, except their plans embrace roaming in Europe. Prospects who joined Vodafone earlier than 11 August received’t see any adjustments till they improve or change their plans.
Full particulars and eligibility might be discovered
right here.
How a lot will it value to make use of your telephone overseas from January 2022?
Vodafone has created quite a few European and worldwide vacation spot zones and the costs will range relying on which zone you go to. Your plan may also make a distinction: relying on which plan you may have, you could possibly entry your UK allowance of knowledge, minutes and textual content in sure zones at no further value. If not, there will likely be a every day cost to make use of your telephone.
Pay Month-to-month roaming locations
- Zone A – Republic of Eire, Isle of Man, Iceland, and Norway
- Zone B – 49 European locations together with EU nations
- Zone C – 32 worldwide locations together with Australia, New Zealand and the US
- Zone D – 75 worldwide locations together with Argentina and Vietnam
For the total roaming zone vacation spot record,
go to the Vodafone web site.
How will my plan be affected?
In case you’re unsure which plan you may have, log into the My Vodafone app or My Vodafone on-line and click on on Plan Particulars. Listed below are how totally different plans will likely be affected.
Limitless Information Xtra plan with 4 Xtra advantages
- Use your UK allowance in Zones A, B & C.
- £6 per day to make use of UK allowance in Zone D.
Restricted Information Xtra plan with 4 Xtra advantages
- Use your UK allowance in Zone A & B.
- £6 per day to make use of UK allowance in Zones C & D.
Different Vodafone Pay Month-to-month plans
- Roaming passes for Zone B (Europe Zone) will value £10 for 8 days or £15 for 15 days, or £2.25 for a single day move.
- Utilizing your telephone in Zones C & D will value £6 per day.
5G roaming is included in these costs.
Vodafone Pay As You Go plans
There will likely be no adjustments to the best way you roam.
Pay Month-to-month – Vodafone Roam Overseas (journey inside Europe)
For Pay Month-to-month prospects who joined Vodafone earlier than 11 August 2021 and who haven’t upgraded or modified their plans, International Roaming is included. Nevertheless, keep in mind that this profit will exist for a restricted time solely.
For now, you may nonetheless use your knowledge, textual content and minutes overseas as you’ll within the UK when you’re travelling inside Europe.
In case you’re travelling to any of the 51 roam-free European nations and have a qualifying Limitless knowledge Xtra Plan, you received’t be charged something further. We’ve listed all included nations under, although you can even have a look at Vodafone’s useful doc.
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A -C |
Aland Islands, Austria, Azores, Balearic Islands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus (besides Northern Cypress), Czech Republic |
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D – F |
Denmark (inc. Faroe Islands), Estonia, Finland, France (inc Corsica), French Guiana |
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G – H |
Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guernsey, Hungary |
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I -L |
Iceland, Eire, Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg |
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M – R |
Madeira, Malta, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Reunion, Romania |
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S – Z |
Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican Metropolis |
Vodafone charges on a flight or at sea
In case you use your telephone whereas on a ferry or airplane, this will join you to a Maritime or Aerospace community. On this case, when contacting a quantity within the UK, Vodafone expenses the usual Maritime/Aerospace roaming prices, that are as follows:
- Making calls – £2.40 a minute
- Receiving calls – £1.80 a minute
- Sending texts – 60p per textual content
- Image message – 66p per textual content (Flight solely)
- Information – £7.20 per MB (Flight solely)
You will be unable to ship an image message or use knowledge nonetheless when you’re related to a Maritime community.
In case you go over your allotted month-to-month textual content, name and knowledge allowance, you’ll pay the
identical normal charge as you’ll throughout the UK. Out of plan knowledge is capped at £39.33. For extra particulars in regards to the knowledge cap see Vodafone’s FAQ part
right here.
International Roaming Plus with Pink Leisure or Limitless Max plans
Prospects who purchased a Pink Leisure Plan between 4 September 2018 and 9 July 2019 robotically get International Roaming Plus, together with prospects who purchased an Limitless Max plan from 10 July 2019.
What are Vodafone’s Pay As You Go International Roaming charges?
Pay As You Go (PAYG) prospects travelling throughout the Europe Zone (
see desk above), received’t be charged any further roaming charges when you keep inside your utilization allowance. This is applicable to
PAYG Extras,
PAYG Bundles and
PAYG 1 companies.
If, nonetheless, you journey to a Roam-Additional nation (Afghanistan, for instance) you would want to pay a separate roaming charge. The charges range by nation.
Discover your charge by vacation spot utilizing Vodafone’s device.
In case you’re travelling throughout the Europe Zone and are usually not on any of those Pay As You Go plans or when you burn up your included knowledge, minutes and texts, you’ll have to pay the usual UK charges, that are:
- 55p per minute for calls to UK mobiles, landlines and voicemail
- 35p per textual content message
- 55p for a UK image/video message
- 55p per minute for video calls
You may learn extra on the several types of normal expenses
right here. Additionally, see our article on
tips on how to prime up your telephone throughout all networks.
Extras are add-ons to your present fee plan that offer you extra flexibility when overseas and may also enable you to save. You need to use these companies within the Europe Zone.
Pay Month-to-month prospects can profit from just a few Extras (see all of them right here) however prospects overseas will in all probability profit most from the 8- or 15-day European Roaming move, which prices £8 and £15 respectively, and consists of knowledge, texts, and minutes.
Pay As You Go prospects have just a few Extras to select from as properly. As an illustration, you may get an additional 2GB of knowledge for £15 for 30 days by texting ROAMEXTRA8 to 2345 out of your Vodafone cell.
This additionally will get you 100 minutes and 100 texts
To get 4GB knowledge with 200 minutes and 200 texts for 15 days, you may textual content ROAMEXTRA15 to 2345.
See all Pay As You Go Extras right here.
Vodafone knowledge roaming expenses
In case you go over your UK knowledge allowance when in Europe you’ll solely be charged what you’ll be charged within the UK. If you’re exterior Europe, your charge could also be barely totally different. You may see UK knowledge expenses right here, which varies relying on whether or not you’re a Pay Month-to-month or Pay As You Go buyer.
To see how a lot knowledge will value, use this device from Vodafone, which breaks down prices for each Pay Month-to-month and Pay As You Go prospects. The associated fee for extra knowledge for Pay Month-to-month prospects includes just a few variables, reminiscent of if you signed up with Vodafone, whether or not you may have each a Vodafone telephone and SIM, only a Vodafone SIM, or a pill/dongle or Cellular Wi-Fi from Vodafone.
Vodafone RED Roaming (journey from Eire to Europe Zone)
In case you’re a Vodafone buyer travelling from Eire to different nations within the Europe Zone, you may choose into RED Roaming. For €3.99 a day, RED Roaming permits limitless calls and texts again to Eire and to numbers within the nation you’re visiting.
Learn extra about RED Roaming right here.
Different issues to know:
- You can too see tips on how to activate roaming in your machine utilizing Vodafone’s information.
- Some Vodafone month-to-month plans might embrace NOW TV Leisure or Sky Sports activities Cellular TV passes. Not all these companies will work overseas, or might need restricted entry. Discover out extra right here.
- In case your telephone doesn’t work overseas, name 191.
- If you wish to entry voicemail overseas, name 121. See our detailed article on accessing voicemail throughout all networks right here.