Canada Prepaid Phone Cards, Don't Travel Without It

Having a cell phone has made it very convenient to keep in touch with your family and friends when you are traveling on business or vacationing either in the States or abroad. Having a cell phone service that suits your needs is very important since you can end up paying more for minutes that you don’t need or aren’t using.

If you need to make frequent international calls, you can save yourself huge amounts of money with the use of Canada prepaid phone cards. Canada phone rates have a tendency to fluctuate quite a bit, so by using an international calling card you are guaranteed a certain price all the time when you call long distance.

When you sign up with a regular cell phone service you are often locked in to binding contracts that last up to two years. If your credit is not that great there’s a chance that you will have to come up with a large deposit in order to obtain the service. Deposits can sometimes be as high as $1000 dollars.

If you don’t want to get a cell phone because of this, but need to make frequent calls outside of the United States, your best bet is to look for a cheap prepaid phone card. There are many different prepaid phone card companies to choose from and the prices are very competitive.

Buying international prepaid phone cards are also great if you plan on traveling abroad. There are times, if you have a cell phone, that you cannot always get service so a can calling card comes in handy. They also are great to use in the hotels, as making long distance calls through the hotel can prove to be very expensive.

By using Canada prepaid phone cards when making international calls you can pick the price you want to pay when making phone calls and they require no deposit or credit check when you go to buy them. One of the big advantages of prepaid phone cards from other providers is that they don’t make you wait for days to receive your card in the mail before you can use your card; they give you your PIN number right away so you can start making calls immediately, if you need to.

Because of the fierce competition you can find prepaid phone card services that are totally committed to providing their customers with total superior service. You can get 24-hour phone assistance, fraud protection, and a complete order history of all the calls that you have made available online. When you want to refill your card it’s as easy as pointing and clicking online. There are also many prepaid phone card companies that will give you credit for referring your friends to by either giving you cash or free minutes that are applied to your calling card.

Whether you have a cell phone or not, it’s usually a good idea to have a back up calling plan when your travel abroad or in even in the United States. You never know when you may need it.

 

Reverse Phone Detective




Prepaid Phone Card News:
First Data Releases SpendTrend Closed-Loop Prepaid Cards December Analysis
First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing, today released its First Data SpendTrend Closed-Loop Prepaid Cards analysis for the month of December...


Pros and cons of tax refund prepaid cards - CreditCards.com

Pros and cons of tax refund prepaid cards
CreditCards.com
Just about every tax preparer this year is offering to load your tax refund onto a reloadable prepaid debit card. You get your money faster, in as little as eight to 10 days. It eliminates the possibility of your check being lost, stolen or returned to .

and more »
..


Obama Debuts Cell Phone Credit Card Swipe for Donations - ABC News (blog)

ABC News (blog)

Obama Debuts Cell Phone Credit Card Swipe for Donations
ABC News (blog)
The campaign team that pioneered an iPhone app for volunteer recruitment and get-out-the-vote efforts for President Obama in 2008 is out with a new tool aimed at tapping into more cash in 2012: the Obama Victory Fund mobile phone credit card donations .
The Obama Campaign Is Now Using Mobile Payments Device Square For FundraisingTechCrunch
Obama Choses Square for Mobile FundraisingMobiledia
Obama Campaign Using Square to Collect Campaign DonationstechPresident
VentureBeat -MocoNews -St. Louis Business Journal (blog)
all 48 news articles »
..


UPside Visa Named Winner in Sixth Annual Paybefore Awards - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

UPside Visa Named Winner in Sixth Annual Paybefore Awards
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Paybefore Awards, now in its sixth year, is the most prestigious recognition of excellence in the worldwide prepaid and stored value card industry. The awards are presented annually by Paybefore, whose publications are the leading source of industry .

and more »
..


'Showrooming': People Shopping in Stores, Then Researching by Cell Phone, Says . - ABC News

ABC News

'Showrooming': People Shopping in Stores, Then Researching by Cell Phone, Says .
ABC News
Zappos.com Hacked: 24 Million at Risk Watch Video Liquidator Warehouse for Unwanted Gifts Watch Video Inside Visa: Preventing Card Fraud Watch Video "24 percent of cell owners used their phone to look up reviews of a product online while they were in a .
Mobile shopping up during the holidaysSFGate.com (blog)

all 31 news articles »
..

New Starbucks App Now Available on Windows Phone - PC Magazine

New Starbucks App Now Available on Windows Phone
PC Magazine
By BrothaTech Starbucks recently refreshed and unified its official mobile app that lets users load and reload Starbucks gifts cards and pay for items right from their iPhone or Android or BlackBerry. Now Windows Phone users can get in on at least some .

and more »
..


Freescale and INSIDE Secure Revolutionize the Prepaid Meter
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- Prepaid meter reference design enables secure purchase and reload of energy credit balance using smart phones or contactless smart cards Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) ...


Adding Cash to UPside Visa Prepaid Cards Just Got Easier
Plastyc to use Green Dots Swipe&Load technology to let people instantly add cash to their cards at 7-Eleven stores throughout the U.S.New York, NY (PRWEB) January 17, 2012 Plastyc announced today that effective immediately, UPside Visa cardholders can load cash onto their cards at more than 6,500 7-Eleven stores throughout the U.S. with a simple swipe of their card at the stores cash registers ...


Tabbedout Names Paul Fiore as New CEO
Tabbedout, the mobile payment solution that enables customers to open, view and pay their bar or restaurant tab with their phone, today announced that Paul Fiore has been named Chi..


UPside Visa Named Winner in Sixth Annual Paybefore Awards
Plastyc announced today that Paybefore has chosen UPside Visa as a 2012 Paybefore Awards winner in the Best Consumer Value in Prepaid category. Paybefore Awards, now in its sixth year, is the most prestigious recognition of excellence in the worldwide prepaid and stored value card industry. The awards are presented annually by Paybefore, whose publications are the leading source of industry ...


Pros and cons of tax refund prepaid cards
Getting your IRS refund on a prepaid card -- offered by most big tax preparation firms -- has its benefits, especially for those without a bank account..


Save On Your Holiday Travel Money - Money High Street

Save On Your Holiday Travel Money
Money High Street
Bob Atkinson continued:EUR¯A prepaid card allows consumers the most spending power and protection against loss or theft when abroad, and pre-paid best buys such as FairFX or CaxtonFX have no purchase or withdrawal fees, can be topped up by phone or online .
Plan Ahead to Make Savings on Your Travel Money This Half TermMarketWatch (press release)

all 11 news articles »
..


Parents criticise O2 plans to give children access to money cards - Insideireland.ie

Parents criticise O2 plans to give children access to money cards
Insideireland.ie
By David Richardson Parents have criticised new proposals that will see children as young as 13 be given access to a prepaid money card. Telephone firm O2 has reduced the age limit on its popular Moneycard to 13 meaning teenagers could go online to .

and more »
..


Reverse Phone Detective


Technorati Tags: ,