eSim for Dubai

[K77 CTR]

Im about yo go to Dubai on holiday and Vodafone apparently dont have any offers for data apart from paying £7 ish per day. They suggested an eSim but I've no idea which is good and which is a scam. Any suggestions? I only need a small amount of data for checking maps and messages etc.

[hotchy]

Im just back and used holafly again. Depends how many days to your cost but its unlimited data. Think I paid £25 for 9 days. Signal was great everywhere so no complaints.

[K77 CTR]

hotchy said:

Im just back and used holafly again. Depends how many days to your cost but its unlimited data. Think I paid £25 for 9 days. Signal was great everywhere so no complaints.

I'm only there a week, I'd seen holafly when searching, good to hear a positive story as really don't want to get caught out.

[kiethton]

Use Airalo, using my eSIM from them to post this message from South Africa

[nikaiyo2]

I always use Jetpac when away mainly because it allows hot spot/ tethering. Some dont allow this. Its usually pretty simple to set up and use.

[GCH]

Airalo. Used them in dozens of countries and never had an issue.
Link here https://www.airalo.com/united-arab-emirates-esim

[Countdown]

We used Breeze (it seemed to be the most popular one on the Uswitch website, or it might just be the one that pays them the most commission)

It was cheap and worked fine.

[Silverage]

Bugger, we’re leaving for 10 days UAE, Bahrain, Qatar tomorrow and I assumed Voxi (poor man’s Vodafone) would have a roaming package. Just checked after reading this thread and they don’t.

I’ve never got involved with e-sims before but it looks like I may have to here.

[K77 CTR]

Thank you all, I went with airlo and after struggling slightly with the set up, it's all seemed pretty good since being here.

[twing]

I'd just pay the £7.00 . They'll only take it on the days you use it and with WiFi everywhere I'd rarely fell the need.

[Ciao1]

If you've a Revolut bank account it's worth looking at their e-sim offers.

I used them at Christmas when in Dubai and it worked perfectly alongside my 'normal' SIM.

[shirt]

They give out free local sims to tourists at the airport.

[Suspicious_user]

Ciao1 said:

If you've a Revolut bank account it's worth looking at their e-sim offers.

I used them at Christmas when in Dubai and it worked perfectly alongside my 'normal' SIM.

I've got an EE roaming pass as part of my monthly subscription, it covers UAE, Qatar, Iraq and Kuwait. Not Saudi however.