Glossary

Booking fees

Extra charges added on top of a fare or room rate, from a flat direct booking fee to a change fee per person.

Cancellation terms

Cancellation terms set how late you can cancel for free, and how much you pay once that window closes.

Countries covered

Countries covered is the number of destinations a plan or roaming deal reaches, and the fastest read on multi-country value.

Curacao

Curacao is an island in the Dutch Caribbean, and it is the most expensive destination on GoSIM's price list.

Deposit

A deposit is money a travel eSIM or pocket WiFi seller holds before handing over a device, and the amount and currency differ from …

Devices connected

How many devices a hotspot or eSIM can serve at the same time, which sets the ceiling for a group.

Fair use policy

A fair use policy sets the limits a provider applies behind a plan, and it can cut your data without warning.

Features

Features are the extras a plan or device includes beyond the basic allowance, and each provider lists its own set.

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a small territory on the southern coast of Spain, and travel eSIM sellers rarely fold it into an ordinary European zone.

Headquarters

Headquarters is the country a provider's main office sits in, and it hints at which rules and consumer laws you deal with.

Hotspot sharing

Hotspot sharing lets you connect a laptop or tablet to your phone and use the plan's data that way.

Isle of Man

Isle of Man is a self-governing island in the Irish Sea, and Bite Latvija groups it with the US and the UK on one …

MAS

MAS is a family of mobile plans, and a fair use policy caps the EU roaming data you can actually use on each one.

MGA

MGA is the currency code for Malagasy ariary, and it is the unit Yas quotes its travel eSIM prices in.

Mobile app

A mobile app lets you buy, store and manage a plan or booking without relying on an emailed voucher.

Networks

The networks a plan runs on decide which countries you can connect in and what speeds you get there.

PayPal

PayPal is a payment method, and at DealToday it carries a higher handling fee than the standard booking route.

Pickup and delivery

How a SIM, eSIM or device reaches you: a shop counter, an airport desk, a courier parcel or a download.

Plan price in Europe

The cheapest plan covering a European country on one set data allowance, quoted in the seller's own currency.

Price from

Price from is the monthly cost of a provider's entry paid plan, and the currency it is quoted in.

Price per gigabyte

The starting cost of a single gigabyte, which lets you compare plans that bundle different amounts of data.

Pricing model

The label that shows how a provider sets its price, from a flat rate to a marketplace of networks.

Products

Products are the kinds of booking a provider sells, from flights and rail to hostels, transfers and tours.

Reference plan prices

Reference plan prices show what a provider charges in each destination, and how much data comes with it.

Region

Region shows how wide a provider's reach is, from a local market to a regional cluster and on to global.

Seller type

Seller type says whether a provider runs its own network or resells another one, which decides whose coverage applies abroad.

Support channels

Support channels are the ways a provider lets you reach help, and the mix matters when a plan fails while you are abroad.

Top-ups

A top-up adds data to a travel plan without changing the plan you already bought.

Unlimited data

Unlimited data means the plan does not stop working once a monthly allowance is used, and the answer differs by provider.

Who a plan is built for

Travel plans differ in how long a trip they suit, from quick breaks to stays abroad of many months.

5G

5G is the newest mobile network generation, and it is offered by most of the providers compared here.