How to Keep in Touch While Traveling Abroad • Ordinary Traveler

Studying abroad, volunteering internationally, WWOOFing, gap-year, missionaries, travel occupations — they all result in extended periods of time away from family and friends. However, sometimes simple text conversations aren’t always practical depending on where in the world you’re traveling.

Here we’ve listed a few tips you may find helpful when trying to keep in touch with friends and family abroad.

The Best Ways to Stay in Touch While Traveling Abroad

Set a Schedule

For your closest loved ones or significant others, setting a consistent schedule — whether it be in the evenings before you go to bed or early mornings before you go about your day — makes things much easier for everyone.

If you live in the U.S., I recommend T-Mobile for its free international data plan. Other options include setting up an international calling/data plan with your current cell phone carrier. For those of you who don’t have an international cell phone plan, you can get a local SIM…