Everything you need to plan an amazing vacation to Iceland!
Buying an Icelandic SIM card Update: We just published our brand new post about using a cell phone in Iceland for your 2018 vacation. The post below will still have some great details, but see that post for the latest information! Updated December 2017 with new cell phone recommendations. The SIM card is the little thing, sometimes orange, that identifies …
This picture has absolutely nothing to do with cell phone plans. But it IS much more interesting … it was actually taken at the Reykjavik zoo. Option 2: Use your existing phone with an international plan In our last post, we mostly covered what not to do—don’t use data without an international plan! Here are …
If you plan to use any data at all, don’t just turn on roaming on your phone. Here’s why. You don’t truly need to have a cell phone with a data plan when you’re in Iceland. You could just bring your current phone, disable roaming data (this is critical! see below as to why), make an …
Tourism in Iceland is a booming industry. Take a look. The chart below shows the number of foreign visitors who flew into Keflavik airport in June of each year. I chose June because it allowed me to include 2015 in the data; note that July and August are actually even busier than June. As you …
