eSIM Europe: one data plan for a trip through several countries
Skip the SIM card for Europe at every border. Install one eSIM before you leave, choose a Europe pack whose country list matches your route, and keep your own number on your normal SIM. Compare the packs below, then check the list before you pay.
Plans from the Europe pack
Plans of a week or longer from the Europe pack, cheapest first, read live from the catalogue.
- Europe1 GB · 7 days$3.30
39 countries
- Data
- 1 GB
- Validity
- 7 days
- Hotspot
- Included
- Europe5 GB · 7 days$10.60
39 countries
- Data
- 5 GB
- Validity
- 7 days
- Hotspot
- Included
- EuropeUnlimited · 7 days$16.10
39 countries
- Data
- Unlimited
- Validity
- 7 days
- Hotspot
- Included
- Europe10 GB · 15 days$19.00
39 countries
- Data
- 10 GB
- Validity
- 15 days
- Hotspot
- Included
- Europe15 GB · 15 days$23.30
39 countries
- Data
- 15 GB
- Validity
- 15 days
- Hotspot
- Included
- EuropeUnlimited · 10 days$24.10
39 countries
- Data
- Unlimited
- Validity
- 10 days
- Hotspot
- Included
Short trip? Open the Europe pack to see every length, and the list of countries it covers.
What a Europe eSIM does for a multi-country trip
Plain facts, nothing more.
One profile across the pack
A Europe pack covers the countries on its list under a single eSIM, so crossing a border does not mean buying again.
No SIM card to hunt for
The eSIM is emailed as soon as payment clears. Install it at home on Wi-Fi: no kiosk queue, no tiny card to lose.
Hotspot where the plan allows
Tether a laptop or tablet on the train or in the hotel. Each plan card shows whether hotspot is included.
Days counted from first connection
Validity starts when the eSIM first connects to a network in Europe, not on the day you pay.
Your number stays on your SIM
Your normal SIM keeps taking calls, texts and one-time passwords while the eSIM carries your data.
Top up the same eSIM
Run low mid-trip, or plan another journey: buy another plan and keep the profile already on your phone.
One Europe pack, or an eSIM for each country?
A Europe pack is one eSIM that works across every country its list names. Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin and Prague in ten days is then one purchase, one install and one balance of data to watch. Separate country eSIMs make more sense when most of the trip sits in one place: a fortnight in Spain with a day across the border is a Spain plan, not a regional pack.
Two things decide it. First, the route: count the countries you will actually be in, not the ones the train passes through at night. Second, the data: a pack's allowance is one shared balance for all of its countries, while separate country plans each carry their own.
Which countries does a Europe pack cover?
Every pack page lists its countries, and that list is read from the catalogue, so trust it over any summary here. Open the Europe pack from the cards above and read the list against your route before you pay.
Look hardest at the edges. Europe is not the same thing as the EU or the Schengen area, and a pack does not have to follow either. Check the list for the United Kingdom, for Switzerland, for Türkiye and for any other stop outside the EU. If a country you need is missing, buy that country's plan as well.
Going to Britain and nowhere else? A UK-only trip is a different shopping list from a Europe pack, and the United Kingdom has its own eSIM page, linked at the foot of this one.
How to choose between Europe plans
Start with days, then data. For days, count from your first landing to your last flight home and leave a day spare. For data, maps, messaging and email ask for little; video calls, streaming and tethering a laptop ask for a lot.
Unlimited plans deserve one extra read. Some slow down after a daily or total allowance, and the fair-use policy is printed on the plan's own page, so that wording is the one that counts.
- A short city break: the shortest plan that covers your dates.
- A fortnight across several countries: a mid-size plan, with a top-up as your fallback.
- Working on the road or tethering a laptop: a larger or unlimited plan, after reading its fair-use note.
Hotspot, validity and your own number
The plan's clock starts when the eSIM first connects to a network in Europe, so you can install it the week before and nothing runs down. Hotspot depends on the plan: its card says whether tethering is allowed, so check it before you buy if a laptop is coming with you.
Most ZetSIM plans are data-only. WhatsApp, FaceTime, maps and email all work over data, and your own number stays on your normal SIM for calls, texts and one-time passwords. If a plan includes calls or texts, its plan page says so.
From booking to connected in three steps
Choose a pack and read its list
Pick the plan whose days and data fit the trip, then open the Europe pack and check that every country on your route is on its list.
Install on Wi-Fi at home
On the phone it is for, tap the install button in the email, or scan the QR code from another screen. The profile waits until you land.
Switch it on when you land
Choose the eSIM for mobile data on arrival. The plan starts when it first connects to a network in Europe.
Europe pack or a plan for each country?
Neither wins on every trip. It depends on the route.
| Europe pack | Country plans | |
|---|---|---|
| Countries per purchase | Every country the pack lists | The one country |
| Best when | Your route crosses several borders | Most of the trip is in one country |
| Data balance | One balance shared by the pack | A separate balance per country |
| Top up the same eSIM later |
Does your phone support an eSIM?
Dial *#06# on your keypad. If the panel that opens lists an EID, your phone is eSIM-ready. It works on iPhone and Android, takes about ten seconds, and nothing leaves your device.
Not listed? Dial *#06# — if an EID number appears, your phone supports eSIM. See the full list
No EID? The phone takes a physical SIM only, and a travel eSIM will not work on it. If the EID is there but your handset came from a carrier, check it is not network-locked before you buy.
Questions before you buy
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Ask on WhatsAppThe best Europe eSIM is the one whose country list matches your route and whose days and data fit your trip. Compare the plan cards above, open the Europe pack to read its country list, and choose the smallest plan that covers your dates with some room to spare.
Not if every country on your route is on the pack's list. One Europe pack is one eSIM that stays connected as you cross borders between those countries. If a stop is not on the list, buy a plan for that country as well.
It covers the countries its pack lists, which may not be every country in Europe. The list on the pack page is read from the catalogue, so it stays current. Compare it with your route before you buy, including any stop outside the EU.
That depends on the pack's country list, so open the Europe pack and look for each country by name. If it is listed, the same eSIM carries you across. If your trip is Britain only, the United Kingdom page has plans for that country alone.
Install it on Wi-Fi before you travel: tap the button in the email on the phone it is for, or scan the QR code from another screen. When you arrive, choose the eSIM for mobile data. The plan starts counting when it first connects to a network in Europe.
Only if the plan allows it. Each plan card and plan page shows whether hotspot is included, so check it before you buy if you work from a laptop. Where it is included, your phone's personal hotspot shares the eSIM's data with other devices.
Your normal SIM stays in the phone and keeps your number for calls, texts and one-time passwords. To avoid roaming charges from your home carrier, turn off mobile data and data roaming on that SIM and use the eSIM for data. Most plans are data-only.
Install it before you fly
Compare the plans, read the pack's country list against your route, and set the eSIM up at home on Wi-Fi.