I know that you can rent cell phones in London that are pre-paid and get additional phone cards easily. Is that also true for Paris? If you rent a phone in Paris, can you take it to London?
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unlike London(£1/day), hardly anyone rents cell phones in Paris.
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Any unlocked GSM phone will work %26quot;almost%26quot; anywhere in the world. It is quite possible that you could buy one on eBay cheaper than renting one for any amount of time, just execute a simple search.
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Sorry Bibimbob, but you%26#39;re wrong.
ljsmith, try www.cellhire.fr, they rent phones in France and especially in Paris.
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I notified my mobile service here in the states that I would be in Europe as I have a phone with international capabilities and they have a program with international carriers. I used my own phone and number, didn%26#39;t need a new SIM card. I was charged $5.95 for the month, and .99 for each incoming and outgoing call. Since I only use my phone only as necessary when I vacation I thought this was a great deal.
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I did say %26quot;hardly anyone%26quot;.
Also, original poster asked for rental phone that%26#39;s pre-paid, cellhire offers POST-paid only for rental phone.
BTW they charge €40/week minimum. You can buy a new Nokia1600 for €59 from SFR. And as mentioned by another poster, you can get used, unlocked world phones on ebay for next to nothing.
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Like Tricia, I use my US cell phone in europe. If you are using it to call back to the US, I suggest texting to keep in touch. Its easy and cheap. I have cingular, and if I text to another cingular customer, they don%26#39;t charge me beyond my text messaging package that I already have. Its the best way to check in back home for us. Cuts down on phone calls. If you are going to call within France then a europe based phone number would be a good bet.
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yeah, i know about cellhire. i use them too. they were pretty expensive but the thing i like about it is the 24 hour support. if my mom can%26#39;t reach me, she calls cellhire and someone from their office always puts us in contact.
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Is lobby internet common in the bigger hotels, such as the Holiday Paris-Republique? That would be an option.
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Hi %26quot;Key...%26quot; some of the hotels do have free lobby internet and some charge for use.
I usually just buy a local telecarte for $20.00 for any local call ( it also can be used for International calls too) The minutes do not expire so the card can be used on other trips to France.
I arrange for my hubby and then our daughters to call us ( 90 day trips) every three day on 10-10- 987....... they only have a .50 cent connect fee and charge about .04 cents per minute. We usually calculate the time difference and we would get a call either around 10:00pm or 7:00 am from Wash state.
An hour call cost about $2.80 ! We thought that was a good solution!
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