I will need to dial into the US every night. What is the least expensive method? Calling cards? Can they be used from a resort phone? Direct dial from resort? World Traveler plan on cell phone? its like .60 cents per minute. Anyone living in Cancun call the States regularly?
just visiting Temptation..... Need to call back home, not taking the pc nor paying for 24hr wifi.... Any other options?
One option is to rent a phone from Home - Cancun Valet although their price is .69 cents a minute so no cheaper than your own International plan. Definitely don't call from the phone in the hotel room it costs a fortune for International. Not sure about cost of calling cards, but using them in the street with a backdrop of traffic noise wont be much fun. Pretty sure they wont work from your hotel room phone.
I always suggest renting a phone from Cancun Valet. Most people don't have an International Calling Plan, although I think you can add and remove from your US phone. Probably the cheapest way to call is Skype from an Internet Cafe. Just bring a headset with a mic and you should be good to go.
Or you could have your US provider give you instructions for a "SIM Unlock". They do this by email and it takes 24-48 hours once requested. Then, once here in Cancun, go to a Telcel store and buy a SIM card for (I think) $250 pesos and that includes $50 or $100 in credit. A call to the US is about $4.3 peso, or about $.35 US per minute, or fraction thereof. WITH THE CANCUN VALET PHONE, BY THE WAY, THE BILLING IS PER SECOND SO A 30 SECOND CALL ONLY COSTS HALF OF $.69 US PER MINUTE. You can add credit to your Telcel chip at any convenience store. The more you buy the greater the value. $100 = $100, but $500 = $900 and there are increments of $200 and $300. I have a plan with Telcel and I think if you buy the prepaid credits, you have to buy the prepaid, scratch off Amigo Card and enter the code to get your credit.
Cancun valet works for me when i'm in cancun. In January it was $5 usd per day and that fee meant i could make 7 minutes of calls per day with out an extra charge ($5 divided by $.69) i did tip hugo for delivering and picking up the phone. i was totally satisfied with this service. i'm not cell phone literate and when i called cancun valet with a problem, he solved it immediately on the phone. the problem of course was due to my cell phone illiteracy.
