Here’s how I use my phone when I travel

I bought my very first smartphone in May 2016! Nope, I’m not a millennial. Up until then, I was still travelling around the world with paper maps and phrasebooks! Now however, I find it hard to imagine not using my phone when I travel.

I decided to write this post for the older folks among us who are not always sure how to use their mobile phone − or “cell phone” for us North Americans − abroad, or even if they should bring it along. (If this makes you laugh or roll your eyes, then you probably are a millennial and may enjoy reading about how people kept in touch while travelling in the 90s!)