{"id":6218,"date":"2018-03-27T10:12:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T10:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/india-sim-card\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T20:02:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T20:02:21","slug":"india-sim-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/tips-inspiration\/india-sim-card\/","title":{"rendered":"What SIM Card to Buy in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re in a villa looking out the beautiful wide landscape on your favourite hillstation, your loving partner by your side and it couldn&#8217;t get any more romantic. But&#8230; pics or it didn&#8217;t happen, amiright?\u00a0Posting your amazing selfie in exotic locations is a pretty integral part to any holiday these days. More importantly, Google Maps is a travellers best friend when you\u2019re frequently exploring new corners of the globe.\u00a0So having a chunk of data to use is very useful, and buying a local sim card when you land is a good way to avoid the huge shocker of a bill from data roaming charges.<\/p>\n<p>There are of course other options, like a good roaming plan, or renting the internet device, or relying on your hotel WiFi or hunting down free WiFi spots in the city. But for all who prefer the reliability of a local SIM card, you get constant good connectivity and peace of mind that you have enough data to last the trip.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve picked out some of the best sim cards to get when you travel in different cities. This one is for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/Destinations-In-India.d80.Hotel-Destinations\">India<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">What SIM Card to Buy in India<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20661 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sim-divider-1024x52-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"52\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19048 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/india.jpeg\" alt=\"Taj Mahal, India\" width=\"1000\" height=\"692\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Best SIM Card <\/strong><strong>Carrier:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.airtel.in\/\">Airtel<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Other popular Telcoms<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Alternative:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vodafone.in\/home-mumbai\">Vodafone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Price:<\/strong> Up to 250 rupees (~SGD $5)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best place to buy:<\/strong> Official carrier stores<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 500.4px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 105px;\"><strong>Travel\u00a0lengths<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 124px;\">2-5 days<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 104px;\">10 days<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 148.4px;\">2 weeks+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 105px;\"><strong>SIM Cards<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 124px;\">Airtel<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 104px;\">Vodafone<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 148.4px;\">Airtel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 105px;\"><strong>Rate<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 124px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 104px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 148.4px;\">&gt;3GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pro-Tip:<\/strong> To get a SIM card in India, you will need the following:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; a copy of your passport and Indian visa<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; a passport-sized photo<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; proof of where you&#8217;re staying in India, usually a copy of the hotel&#8217;s invoice<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re in a villa looking out the beautiful wide landscape on your favourite hillstation, your loving partner by your side and it couldn&#8217;t get any more romantic. But&#8230; pics or it didn&#8217;t happen, amiright?\u00a0Posting your amazing selfie in exotic locations is a pretty integral part to any holiday these days. More importantly, Google Maps is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/tips-inspiration\/india-sim-card\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What SIM Card to Buy in India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,14],"tags":[607,406],"authors":[24],"class_list":["post-6218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips","category-tips-inspiration","tag-sim-card","tag-travel-kit","authors-expedia-globetrotters","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What SIM Card to Buy in India - Expedia SG Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/tips-inspiration\/india-sim-card\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What SIM Card to Buy in India - Expedia SG Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You&#8217;re in a villa looking out the beautiful wide landscape on your favourite hillstation, your loving partner by your side and it couldn&#8217;t get any more romantic. 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