text messaging on a cruise
fhsgirl
Newbie

i have unlimited text messaging for verizon. i will be going on a 7 day cruise to florida and the bahamas, leaving from new york. Would it cost extra to text on the ship? or at my destination? my father said it would be extra but i wanted to be sure. please help.

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Re: text messaging on a cruise
TheGreatOne
Master - Level 1

Text Messaging Rates:
$0.50/address sent
$0.05/message received

 

You can go here for more info---->Cruise Chip Coverage

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Re: text messaging on a cruise
fhsgirl
Newbie

even if i have unlimited?

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Re: text messaging on a cruise
MorganB
Specialist - Level 1

Yes, because you will be roaming.

Global Text Messaging (Outside the U.S.)
Rates Depend on WHERE You Are and WHO You Are Texting     
VZW Customer 
is in...   
And Texting To or
Receiving From...
Charged AtRate Details
Canada
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
U. S.
Canada
Mexico
Puerto Rico
mobile numbers
   Domestic Rate With a Message Bundle (including Unlimited, but Mobile to Mobile does not apply):
Deducts from allowance 

Over the allowance:
$.10/per Recipient per Msg Sent
 $.10/Msg Received

Pay As You Go:
$.20/per Recipient per Msg Sent
$.20/Msg Received
Mobile numbers 
of any
International carrier with text capability
  International
Rate
Message Bundles do not apply
$.25/per Recipient per Msg Sent
 $.20/Msg Received
Any Global Country
(with text capability)
Any mobile number 
anywhere
Global Rate 

Message Bundles do not apply
$.50/per Recipient per Msg Sent
 $.05/Msg Received

 

 

HTH :smileyhappy:,

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SuzyQ
Community Leader
Community Leader

 


fhsgirl wrote:

i have unlimited text messaging for verizon. i will be going on a 7 day cruise to florida and the bahamas, leaving from new york. Would it cost extra to text on the ship? or at my destination? my father said it would be extra but i wanted to be sure. please help.


 

I was recently on a cruise, and I could look at the signal available on my phone to know if I could text or not without being charged.

 

We have unlimited texting, and if I had any 1X signal, or EV and 1X (Extended network, or not), then I could text, call, send pics (only when I had EX signal for pic messaging) and know I was on Verizon's network and there was no additional cost.  This was the case in 3 of the 4 port cities we visited.

 

Once we left port and were at sea, my signal switched and was either "Roaming" or NO signal at all.  If my phone said Roaming, I shut it off until we were back in port, because I knew I would get charged.

 

HTH,

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TheGreatOne
Master - Level 1

I went on a cruise too back in 2009. Went over sea's on a cruise to Egypt, Turkey and parts of Greece.  I only turned on my phone once or twice just to see if I would get service. I remember I was roaming but a bunch of text messages came to my phone from my friends.

 

Sometimes it may be better to get a prepaid phone while your away over sea's. Just add money to the phone for messaging of calling before you leave.

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