About Sim Local

Sim Local sells travel eSIMs — data plans you install on a phone before you fly, so you land already connected instead of hunting for a shop at the airport.

How an eSIM differs from a SIM card

An eSIM is a profile downloaded onto the phone rather than a piece of plastic pushed into a tray. Nothing is swapped, so your normal number stays where it is and keeps receiving calls and texts, while the travel plan handles data. That matters more than it sounds: a bank sending a verification text to your usual number will still reach you. Plans cover more than 150 countries, sold per country, per region and as global bundles, with some including calls and texts as well as data.

Check compatibility before you buy

Not every handset supports eSIM. Broadly, recent iPhones and recent flagship Android phones do, older and budget models often do not, and a phone locked to a network may refuse it even if the hardware is capable. Sim Local publishes a compatibility checker — use it, because an eSIM sold for a phone that cannot install it is a wasted purchase. Also check your phone is unlocked, since a network-locked device is the second common reason installation fails.

Getting it working

Install the profile while you still have a reliable internet connection at home, not on arrival, and leave it switched off until you land. On the plane or at the gate, turn the travel plan on for data and leave your usual line active for calls, with data roaming disabled on the home line so it does not quietly bill you. Check the plan's validity period as well as its data allowance, because a thirty-day plan starts counting from activation rather than from purchase, and unused data does not usually roll over. There are airport stores if you would rather have someone set it up in person.

Using a Sim Local discount code

Choose the destination plan, then apply the code in the app or on the checkout screen before you pay.