My duaghter is in Spain. Need a long distance resolve.

[Guinea Goonie]

As some of you all know, my daughter has decided to live in Spain.

She is about a year away from citizenship and I REALLY need some

kind of a way to contact her and speak with her on a regular basis.

The only contact she has is a cell phone. She hates email and I

have not been able to get her to use it. She says she has to go to

an internet Cafe and it cost a bit of money.

So, any one have a loved one they call on a regular basis and are

willing to share how they resolved the long distance country to

country calling so it is within a reasonable amount ?

Thanks in advance: rim

 

[debilorrah]

I believe there are some really good nation to nation plans on cell providers like Verizon. I wish I could more help. It would break my heart if my son was so far!

 

[Crusty McPottydoodle]

skype.

I have friends who are sailing and they use skype to call my landline. I don't know whether there is cost involved with that, but using skype computer to computer is free and you can even do it using webcams.

 

[Laurieks]

My son (14) spent 10 days in Spain this Summer, and on advice of Verizon I bought him a calling card.

I was going to get him an International capable cell phone, but he said the phone was ugly, and I was unnerved by the hidden charges that kept popping up during the shopping process. The last straw was when I was ready to sign for it & was told 'of course you'll have to change your plan'. Our plan is no longer available and we like(d) it. [Another story... he ran the bill up $130 in July and I had to change to get more minutes. They reversed the $130, but it still increased the base price by more than they said it would. Grrrr.]

He didn't call me once! He could have used any phone but he said someone was always on it when he had time.
I used the card to call him, twice. I interrupted his dinner

I presume your daughter is not a teen and/or will actually call you.

The card was cheap, the 'live help' person was very nice, and I wish I had paid a little more for minutes that never expire.
They sent me the PIN by email, no actual card is needed.
http://www.enjoyprepaid.com
There were many when I googled it, this one just felt 'right'.

 

[silkiechicken]

Quote:
I hear lots of people use that and they all give it thumbs up... plus it's free!

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

My daughter is in Japan we use skype..Also I would recommed a calling card....She is on base so she has a land line to the states flat rate 40.00 a month pretty good she even has our area code..
Must be hard not talking to you daughter much..

 

[Guinea Goonie]

Thank you all.

Laurieks , I am going to give this a trail.

My daughter is 21 and very responsible.

She is in Malaga and doing an "internship" with a hotel
management position.

I have been very supportive of her decision and i am
always blown away when she strikes up a converstaion
with someone in Spanish.

She has been so integrated into the country and its language
that she says people do not even know she is from the states.

I say good for her, but i sure do miss her.

 

[Bluemoon420]

My DH travels out of the country a lot, and we use skype. It's the easiest and cheapest way to do it. We even bought one of those cordless skype phones, that we call the bat phone.

Bluemoon

 

[Omran]

my Family lives in Syria and my sister lives in Germany, I use total calls comunication's company to call overseas and it is very cheep.

 

[English Chick]

I will PM you with a number she can dial to you prior to phoning your number... it is what I use to phone friends in the USA... it costs 1p per minute from Europe