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Why I love using #RoamOn when travelling @RogersBuzz #familytravel #travel #tech

It feels like just yesterday that travelling across the border (US/CAN of course) used to mean switching into Airplane mode, then double and triple checking to make sure you don’t accidentally incur crippling roaming charges. I remember hearing horror stories from friends and family who had forgotten to switch their phones off during a trip down south and had a figurative heart attack when they received their bills!

I was SO thrilled when I saw a commercial for Roam Like Home from Rogers a little while back. It felt like it must be a hoax. How could a phone company make it SO affordable and easy to use your phone when travelling to the US? My husband and I called in to Rogers (we’ve been customers for almost twenty years now….yup…let’s not touch the age thing) to ensure that this deal was for real. We were planning a trip across the border and wanted to make REALLY REALLY sure there were no hidden fees, charges or costs associated with doing the forbidden…..(turning our phones on!). 

I made sure to ask (a good four times to be extra sure) and I was surprised to learn that it’s really that simple. You simply text TRAVEL to 222 before crossing the border, that’s IT. It automatically turns on RoamON. You pay $5 per 24 hour period and you are free to use your phone exactly as you would at home. We have the Share Everything plan which allows me to tweet, check Facebook and all of my other 94,000 (sometimes it kind of feels like that many) social networks, text family and stay connected for $5 a day. Again…I cannot get over how amazing it is.

We had the pleasure of checking out an incredible performance of La Nouba by Cirque de Soleil while away and I just had to share pictures online. I couldn’t decide which part I was more enamoured by, the incredible performance or the fact that I could share pictures so easily online while travelling (for only $5 per day). 

 

 

#RoamOn #video @cirquedusoleil #amazing #familytravel #travel #love #tech

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I was convinced there surely must be some sort of catch of course…so I called Rogers (again!) to ask what happens if someone is travelling for an extended period of time, like 2-3 weeks (totally thinking this is where I’d realize it would add a couple of hundred dollars to your bill). Once again I was shocked to learn that there’s a monthly MAXIMUM of $50 for roaming charges. Umm….WHAT? Since when do phone companies give you a maximum for charges? So basically if you’re travelling from Canada to the US for 29 days and would like to use RoamON while you’re away, it will cost you a maximum of $50 in addition to your regular monthly fees. Yup. Insane. I know.  THIS is why I love using #RoamOn when travelling.

This is just a quick snapshot of some of my #RoamON tweets…and some great pictures I managed to get while at the Cirque de Soleil courtesy of Rogers.

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  1. I remember the first time we crossed into Canada, in Sarnia we can still use US signal with out roaming but we lost that after a few miles out. We started to use a map and Yelp to scope out where to eat and we kept getting texts from Verizon about our plan usage. Oops. So we called them right then and there. They switched us to a roaming plan for about $5 and then we just turned it off when we got back.

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