How To Keep In Touch With A Travelling Friend
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If one of your friends has gone traveling, you may find it hard to maintain contact with them. “Stay in touch” is something almost all of us say when waving farewell to a friend. You might have both been sincere when you said goodbye, but it can be horribly easy to slip out of touch when you don’t see your friend regularly. Here are some tips for staying in touch with your friends.
Keeping in contact with someone in another country can be much easier than people assume. You should take the time to explore cheaper contact options with your friend before they leave. Travelling isn’t cheap, and if they use their home phone contract, they could end up paying much more than is necessary. International calling can be so costly to the USA it physically makes me gasp to research it! To cut down the cost of your calls, get your friend to check if their phone is locked to their service provider. If so, they’d be smart to unlock it, and make sure that it can be used with any local SIM card in the world. Due to the risk of theft in various parts of the world, some might like to buy a cheap “throw-away” phone exclusively for the trip.
The next big way you can reduce the cost of chatting is by sticking to Wi-Fi. This can often end up much cheaper than international calls, but your friend needs to be careful. They might run into free Wi-Fi when they’re out travelling, but in all likelihood this won’t be ready for access 24/7. The way hotels run their Wi-Fi is often confusing and unhelpful. Many will require you to sign up to their Wi-Fi, give you 30 minutes of free use, and then start laying charges on your room. Make sure they fully understand the way the hotels charge, as this could have an impact on how you’re your friend can save. Some places will charge you by the hour, others by the day. Unless you’re working, paying for the whole day can end up a terrible waste of money.
Your friend will probably want to make the most of their trip. This means they’ll get lot of pictures and videos which they’ll want to share with you. One of the cheapest and indeed easiest ways to do this is through file hosting services such as Dropbox. Dropbox, WeTransfer and similar services act as remote hard drives. All you need to do is give your friend the information for your specific box or server. Then you’ll both be able to upload and share any file you like, which can be accessed from any device with internet compatibility. This can be a great way to keep your friend abroad updated with happenings at home.
I know it’s hard having a close friend so far away. Set up good channels of communication, and their absence won’t feel nearly as bad! With these three suggestions, you’ll be able to keep up contact and share your lives with each other just like you always did.
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