Travel Deal of the Day (February 13, 2008)

If you are traveling abroad without an international cell phone and you anticipate making calls back to the US, consider buying a phone card in your international destination instead of bringing a phone card from the US.

The Deal:
Phone cards in international destinations are now available on almost every street corner. Ten years ago, the best suggestion for making calls from an international destination to the US was to obtain a low-cost calling card from a store such as CostCo or Sam’s Club to use at your international destination. Now, you may find much cheaper cards abroad. It still does not hurt to have a single phone card from a US discount store so that you have such a card if the need arises. But you will often save money using a phone card from a corner store in an international destination. One thing to note – you should only buy a reasonably low dollar value card in case the card (for whatever reason) does not work.