{"id":6242,"date":"2018-03-06T10:03:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T10:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/france-sim-card\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T20:02:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T20:02:38","slug":"france-sim-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/tips-inspiration\/france-sim-card\/","title":{"rendered":"What SIM Card to Buy in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve pulled off the perfect yoga pose in your favourite Lululemon, your face a perfect picture of calm in an outdoor shala with your new friend Ketut. But&#8230; pics or it didn&#8217;t happen, amiright?\u00a0 Posting 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-France.d59.Hotel-Destinations\">France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">What SIM Card to Buy in France<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\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19186 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/france-photo-532826.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Best SIM Card to Get for Tourists in France:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lycamobile.co.uk\/en\/freesim\">Lycamobile<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Price:<\/strong> Free if you get it online or from Paris mobile shops<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Alternative SIM Cards<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Alternatives:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/topup.orange.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orange<\/a>, Free Mobile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lefrenchmobile.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Le French Mobile<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best place to buy:<\/strong> Chain stores or mobile shops<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 500px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 110px;\"><strong>Travel\u00a0length\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 134px;\"><strong>2-5 days<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 108.8px;\"><strong>10 days<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 130.2px;\"><strong>\u00a02 weeks<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 110px;\"><strong>SIM Cards<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 134px;\">\u00a0Lycamobile<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 108.8px;\">\u00a0Lycamobile<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 130.2px;\">Lycamobile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 110px;\"><strong>Rate<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 134px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 108.8px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 130.2px;\">&gt;3GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve pulled off the perfect yoga pose in your favourite Lululemon, your face a perfect picture of calm in an outdoor shala with your new friend Ketut. But&#8230; pics or it didn&#8217;t happen, amiright?\u00a0 Posting your amazing selfie in exotic locations is a pretty integral part to any holiday these days. More importantly, Google Maps&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.sg\/stories\/tips-inspiration\/france-sim-card\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What SIM Card to Buy in France<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,14],"tags":[],"authors":[10],"class_list":["post-6242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips","category-tips-inspiration","authors-expedia-singapore","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 France - 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\/france-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 France - Expedia SG Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You&#8217;ve pulled off the perfect yoga pose in your favourite Lululemon, your face a perfect picture of calm in an outdoor shala with your new friend Ketut. 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