Planning your next trip abroad? As well as packing sunblock, swimwear, and a few Euros, you might want to consider switching to a new phone network.
That’s because some of the most popular UK networks have reinstated EU roaming charges – adding huge extra costs onto customers' bills each time they travel abroad for family holidays, destination weddings, couple trips, and solo city breaks.
Most of the extra charges include more 4G and 5G data than most people typically need – with mobile networks charging a premium for the extra (and unnecessary) mobile data included with the add-on. That’s according to new research from GiffGaff, which shows its customers only use an average of 2.3GB of roaming data when on holiday.
