Road Tripping and Phone Calling
Road trips are an exciting and economical way to traverse the continent and experience the full extent of what Europe has to offer. After sorting hire on a campervan, or perhaps even buying your own mobile home, you’ll be free to hit the road and set off wherever your fancy takes you. Yet as much as this may seem like an appealing and liberating ideal, the best road trips are the result of some lengthy planning before you set off—this might be as vague as the countries you intend to visit, or as detailed as listing each city and the length of time you intend to stay there.
Either way, this needn’t be a plan set in stone, as you’ll probably find that your destinations and the time you intend to spend at each will alter according to how much fun you’re having. Flexibility is the major advantage of road tripping, leaving you without the worry of needing to vacate your hotel room at the end of the week—with a mobile home you don’t even need to unpack as such!
Although you can park up for the night pretty much anywhere, travellers are advised to find a campsite at their chosen destination—campsites are usually pretty reasonable and most include free electricity into the nightly fee, which is handy if you’re planning to eat in or shower in the morning. Whether you’re an experienced and organised traveller, or a first-timer who’d rather just ‘roll with it’, the one thing you will certainly find indispensable is your mobile phone.
Mobile phones are part and parcel of everyday life and are a travelling necessity for giving you that piece of mind should you unexpectedly break down or discover last minute that you need to find a campsite to stay at. You should check out the roaming charges and foreign tariffs that apply within each of the countries of your travels as you don’t want all the money you’ll be saving on hotel rooms to go straight towards paying off your phone bill—travellers with Vodafone mobiles have the advantage of not having to pay a roaming charge between June and the end of August and they can also take their home rates abroad to over 35 European destinations. And thereafter, with the standard Vodafone Passport plan customers are only required to pay a 75p connection charge. If you aren’t already hooked up with Vodafone, but want to benefit from the roaming deal this summer, visit their website for examples of their mobile phones for Vodafone customers that will invariably make holidays an even more pleasurable experience.
In addition to calls and texts, the internet and sat nav features available on the latest mobiles may also be of particular interest to the road tripper, for hunting out points of interest along the way and making sure you don’t get lost. For a carefree and enjoyable road trip, a mobile phone can be as important as the mobile home you’re travelling in, so remember to do your research for the best deals for using your phone abroad.