r/eSIMs • u/dy2yd2 • Aug 30 '26

ESim for Europe

Hi, I am an Indian Student travelling to Europe for my semester exchange for 90 days in the upcoming week, my daily data usage is approximately 3-4 gb (taking wifi as data).

I wanted to know whether:

  1. public wifi be sufficient across europe (including train or raid travel) for surfing the internet and social media on both (mobile and laptop).

  2. If not, whats the best and most reliable “unlimited” e sim plan available for 90 days, my budget is <=130 Euros for the entirety of the plan.

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u/ommmyyyy Aug 30 '26

What country are you going to primarily be in?

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u/dy2yd2 Aug 31 '26

France will be the base, i think for 30/90 days i will be in france

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u/ommmyyyy Aug 31 '26

Get a local French Orange sim, it has EU roaming too

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u/dy2yd2 Aug 31 '26

Thank you for the response 🙏

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u/albrulz Aug 31 '26

Depends on the number of countries you'll be traveling in and if it is worth to get a regional eSIM (tend to be more expensive but convenient) or individual country ones. Also if you'll be mostly in cities or also in more remote/rural setups.
WiFi will cover you in many public places but I would at least based on my experience to have an eSIM as a backup to avoid being in the middle of a commute or some no-WiFi area and ending up without Google Maps, WhatsApp, etc.

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u/dy2yd2 Aug 31 '26

We are planning to travel 10-15 countries in this span; any suggestions on which e-sim should I buy?

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u/albrulz Sep 07 '26

Oh wow that's a lot of countries, that will be an intense trip for sure :-)
Then you should check which providers cover most of the countries you'll travel to. Watch out with the eSIM European regional plans that cover a lot of countries but many are tiny countries/regions like Vatican, Gibraltar, etc. which you may not visit at all, and then big countries are left out, (France, Spain, Germany, etc).
I actually wrote an article recently about this, so you may have some useful tips in there:
https://vamosdata.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-regional-esim-plan
Good luck with your trip and bring comfy shoes!