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Unlimited eSIM for
United Kingdom
From $9
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Full speed up to 50 GB per month. Then 5 Mbps — enough for calls and Slack. We don't kick you off.
Plans United Kingdom
How long is your trip?
Slide to your travel days — we match the plan that covers them. Prices in USD, one charge per eSIM, no subscription.
Trip length
Your -day trip is covered by our -day plan.
United Kingdom at a glance
What we verify before United Kingdom goes live.
Ops desk rechecks these whenever a carrier deal shifts or an airport kiosk relocates.
- Carriers
- EE · Vodafone UK · O2 · Three
- Network
- 120 – 220 Mbps urban · 32 ms RTT
- Time zone
- UTC · UTC+1 summer London afternoon overlaps NY morning — peak Slack hours. Networks hold.
- Roaming cost
- $14 – 24/GB on default carrier roaming. We sit below by an order of magnitude.
- Airport SIM
- Heathrow T2/T5 · 05:30 – 22:30 — you'll skip it anyway.
- Activation
- QR delivered seconds after payment · profile auto-installs · live in under 90s
Carriers & coverage
Which networks you ride in United Kingdom.
In United Kingdom your eSIM connects on EE, Vodafone UK, O2 and Three. These are the same physical networks a local would use — not a roaming overlay. Your phone hands off to whichever has the strongest signal where you stand, so you don't choose a carrier and you don't get stuck on a weak one.
Expected performance is 120 – 220 Mbps urban · 32 ms RTT in covered urban areas — the same band the local carrier serves its own subscribers. That is comfortable headroom for video calls, large uploads, and tethering a laptop, not a throttled tourist tier.
The reason this beats roaming is simple math. Default home-carrier roaming in United Kingdom runs about $14 – 24/GB, billed after your trip with no ceiling. A travel.to plan is a single charge for the data you choose, decided before you travel. Over a normal trip that is an order-of-magnitude difference, and there is no bill waiting when you get home.
Coverage detail: Four carriers per region · auto-failover below signal threshold. Failover is automatic — nothing to toggle by hand.
Pricing by duration
Every United Kingdom plan, side by side.
| Duration | Data | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 days | Unlimited | $9 | Choose → |
| 3 days | Unlimited | $20 | Choose → |
| 5 days | Unlimited | $32 | Choose → |
| 7 days Our pick | Unlimited | $43 | Choose → |
| 10 days | Unlimited | $61 | Choose → |
| 15 days | Unlimited | $90 | Choose → |
| 30 days | Unlimited | $177 | Choose → |
Prices in USD, one charge per eSIM — no subscription. Stripe adds local tax at checkout based on your billing country. You can top up any plan mid-trip without reinstalling.
Setup
How to set up your eSIM in United Kingdom.
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Buy a plan
Pick a plan for this country and pay with card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay. There is no account to create and no subscription.
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Receive your QR code
Your eSIM QR code arrives by email seconds after payment. You can install it on any eSIM-capable phone before you leave home.
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Scan it in Settings
Open your phone's eSIM settings, choose to add an eSIM, and scan the QR code. The profile installs in a couple of taps and stays dormant until you arrive.
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Connect on arrival
When you land, the eSIM activates automatically on EE or another partner network — usually before you clear immigration. No manual carrier switch, no kiosk.
Works on any eSIM-capable phone — iPhone XS and newer, recent Pixel and Galaxy, and most modern Android flagships. Check your device, or follow the step-by-step guide for your exact phone: iPhone · Galaxy · Pixel.
About United Kingdom
Questions people ask.
Yes. travel.to runs in United Kingdom on EE, Vodafone UK, O2, and Three — 4 partner networks in total. Your phone connects to whichever is strongest where you are, the same physical towers a local SIM would use, so coverage in United Kingdom is carrier-grade rather than best-effort roaming.
United Kingdom runs on solid 4G/LTE-Advanced, with urban speeds around 220 Mbps (120 – 220 Mbps urban · 32 ms RTT). That comfortably covers maps, messaging, calls, and streaming — you will not feel the difference for normal working-trip use.
A lot. Default home-carrier roaming in United Kingdom runs about $14 – 24 per GB — a single gigabyte can cost more than an entire travel.to plan, which starts at $9. You pay once, up front, for the data you choose, and there is no bill waiting when you get home.
The United Kingdom lineup runs across 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 15, 30 days, each a fixed data bucket sized to the trip length. Most travelers take the middle option — it is flagged as our pick on the plan grid above.
For a typical United Kingdom trip — maps, messaging, calls, some streaming — a mid-size plan is plenty. Heavy streaming or laptop tethering uses more; if you run low you can top up the same eSIM without a new install.
Plans for United Kingdom start at $9. It is a single charge — no subscription, no metered overage, no post-trip roaming bill. Stripe adds local tax at checkout based on your billing country, so the total you see is the total you pay.
Fast. ICCID assigned at checkout · QR in inbox under 90 seconds. You can install before you leave home; the eSIM stays dormant until it reaches a partner network in United Kingdom, then activates on its own — usually the moment you land, before you have cleared immigration.
No need. The SIM kiosks in United Kingdom keep limited hours (Heathrow T2/T5 · 05:30 – 22:30) and you would queue at them with the rest of your flight, passport in hand. Install the travel.to eSIM before you board and you walk straight past them, already online.
United Kingdom sits at UTC · UTC+1 summer. London afternoon overlaps NY morning — peak Slack hours. Networks hold. The connection holds through local peak hours, so video calls and large transfers stay reliable when you need them.
You stay connected where there is signal. Four carriers per region · auto-failover below signal threshold Your phone switches networks on its own — there is nothing to toggle by hand. Coverage is strongest across cities and major routes in United Kingdom.
Yes. Top-ups reuse the United Kingdom eSIM already on your phone — no new QR, no second install. Add data from your order page in one tap. The longest plan we list runs 30 days, and topping up extends the same line rather than starting a new one.
Full refund if the United Kingdom eSIM never activates. Half refund if it activates but underperforms on EE, Vodafone UK, O2, and Three — and if you used under 500 MB, you get the full amount back. It is one click from your dashboard, not a support ticket.
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