Travel to morocco

[Mango2901]

Hi 

I am travelling to Morocco for 4 days in May.

Is there an eSIM that I can purchase to enable me to use roaming abroad?  

[63johnw]

Hi @Mango2901  if you are already with sky then your current sim will work but it will be very, very expensive so be aware of that before using. If you aren't already with sky then there isn't a PAYG option that would allow roaming. 

page 11 on this guide shows the costs. 

https://static.skyassets.com/contentstack/assets/blt7f2b03fd02c7fe60/blte59d970118ee142d/67fd1fc989c...

[caesarome]

@Mango2901 

The costs are:

£2,160 per GB (yes this is correct)

£2.16 per minute Calls to local or UK mobile and landline numbers

£1.80 per minute to receive calls

£0.50 per text message to UK numbers and mobiles

£0.58 per picture message(MMS)

A better option would be to use a local sim while in the country so before you leave the UK make sure mobile data and roaming is turned off.

[peter-marlow+1966]

Just checked for and if you  set your spending  cap on your  sim card to £10 , you will    have two pounds  a day add to your  sky mobile  bill and you can phone  text, and use  Internet  for that, i know this because  i have done  it  on my phone when we went  to Spain for 2 weeks, and when my son went away  on holiday it called  roaming  passport  plus and yes it will work where you  are going  on holiday don't  put the roaming  cap off as reading it that will add £45 on your next bill, cheaper  just to move your  sim spending  cap  to £10  and that will more than cover your four days a, and if you  want to check  this information  go to the my sky app  mobile section  and open  manage  my sim, hope this helps, and have a great  time away 

[Daniel0210]

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@peter-marlow+1966 wrote:

Just checked for and if you  set your spending  cap on your  sim card to £10 , you will    have two pounds  a day add to your  sky mobile  bill and you can phone  text, and use  Internet  for that, i know this because  i have done  it  on my phone when we went  to Spain for 2 weeks, and when my son went away  on holiday it called  roaming  passport  plus and yes it will work where you  are going  on holiday don't  put the roaming  cap off as reading it that will add £45 on your next bill, cheaper  just to move your  sim spending  cap  to £10  and that will more than cover your four days a, and if you  want to check  this information  go to the my sky app  mobile section  and open  manage  my sim, hope this helps, and have a great  time away 

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@peter-marlow+1966 

The OP is going to Morocco so it's a Rest Of The World destination so the charges are as outlined by @caesarome and very expensive. 

[peter-marlow+1966]

Sorry my mistake, best i think for them to ring sky then before  they go away , i Don't  want to mislead them 

[TimmyBGood]

@peter-marlow+1966 

Spain is in the EU where £2 roaming applies.  Morocco (apart from two tiny Spanish enclaves on the coast) is not and the difference in mobile charges is enormous, as that MSP learnt a while ago.

[TimmyBGood]

@peter-marlow+1966 

No point ringing Sky on this topic: all that might be confirmed is extremely high potential cost.

@Mango2901 

Yes, eSims specifically intended for foreign travel are available online through multiple suppliers, but not from Sky.

For reference, £2 per day roaming with a Sky Mobile SIM or eSIM only applies to the EU/EEA plus the countries listed in bold below. 

Aruba (Netherlands Antilles)
Austria
Australia
Azores
Belgium
Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
Bulgaria
Canada
Canary Islands (Spain)
Christmas Islands (Australia)
Cocos Islands (Australia)
Croatia
Curacao (Netherlands Antilles)
Cyprus (Incl. Northern Cyprus)
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
French Guiana (French West Indies)
Germany
Gibraltar (UK)
Greece
Guadeloupe (French West Indies)
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madeira (Spain)
Malta
Martinique (French West Indies)
Mayotte (French Territories in the Indian Ocean)
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Reunion (French Territories in the Indian Ocean)
Romania
Saba (Netherlands Antilles)
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles)
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
St Barthelemy (French West Indies)
St Martin (French West Indies)
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
USA
United Arab Emirates

[peter-marlow+1966]

 as you can see yes sky do do esims 

[TimmyBGood]

@peter-marlow+1966 

Sky does an eSIM version of its own Sky Mobile SIM with exactly the same tariff for overseas travel as the physical Sky-branded wafer of foil and plastic, including the extremely high cost for all calls, texts and data use in destinations not listed above.

It does not offer country-specific eSIMS with more reasonable data rates: those come from specialist suppliers online which have done individual deals with cellular network providers in the countries concerned.  The point about acquiring one of these as an eSIM rather than SIM is you don't have to wait for an envelope to arrive before installing it, and can keep it installed as a switchable software profile rather than taking up a physical slot.

Eventually eSIM will replace SIM because this will simplify handset hardware manufacture and save several billion bits of plastic a year.

[caesarome]

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@peter-marlow+1966 wrote:

as you can see yes sky do do esims 

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That isn't what is being asked here though, the member wants to know if they can use an esim from Sky in the country which as explained above will see them wrack up large charges.