Aussie Newbie,first visit to pattaya, making and receiving calls to my existing mobile number

[big_daddy_pimp]

Hi Guys,

 

I need some help, I have my own business and I require for my clients to be able to get in contact with me while i am in Pattaya on Holiday(first holiday in 15 years) ooh man am i looking forward to it.....

 I have  looked at my provider and  call costs while Roaming over seas( rediculous).. i have looked at Buying a Thai sim card but then they cant contact me directly, I can leave a voiceMail on my existing Mobile number with my thai Number???????,  am i able to forward my existing number to thai number at a reasonable cost.. any other options would be great your thoughts please

[Gone with the wind]

Never done it myself but this may be (a slightly complicated) option;

 

http://www.ausbt.com.au/how-to-divert-your-mobile-through-skype-to-avoid-global-roaming-fees

[big_daddy_pimp]

thats interesting I didnt know you could do that i will look into it, thankyou  for your input...

[CHOI62]

Aust post offer  a travel sim,new sim for your own phone,new number but you can divert your own number to it,worth some research,,,

[wokaman]

Use a specialist travel sim company such as tru sim, forward your mobile to this number (au to au) and you can dial out from it at reasonable rates while in Thailand

[Swinga]

You can buy a cheap dual sim phone for 100 bucks ozzie - woolies or tukcom when you get here.

 

I roam to receive calls on my oz sim, and use my thai sim or viber to call back using unlimited data and free call. Buy a Happy sim at 7 eleven when you arrive and you get unlimited data for a month. 500baht max cost

 

If they call me and I answer it's because it's important and I pay the roam charge,,, if I don't answer it's because It's pattaya and hey I'm busy ;)

[big_daddy_pimp]

Thanks for all the advice guys,  I am in 2 minds but i may  setup a skype number and forward my AUS  number to that and that gets forwarded to that 2 my Thai Number, avoiding the roaming charges at both ends...

its unfortunate but I have to be able to contact my clients directly if needed.. i will use email as primary but if an emergency pops up they can contact me...

As this is my first trip I will learn from this and see what works best for me....

 

thanks  all

 

Big_Daddy

[TNTucker]

Hi big_daddy_pimp,

 

Been a while since these posts, but I am interested to understand what the result of your decision was (costs?) and if you have come up with a better solution.

 

I too run a business in Australia and need to find best approach to calling clients in Australia as required while I am working from Thailand.

 

Look forward to hearing what you learnt or what solutions others have come up with.

 

Cheers.

[Swinga]

Same solution for me, nothings changed.

 

Run a biz in OZ, dual sim phone always, have telstra sim and thai happy sim,

 

I try to do as much via email and don't do much talking unless it's urgent back to OZ

 

If I was a big talker I'd go the skype or viber etc, option, to call back home using the thai happy sim data.

[moose65]

if you are with TELSTRA , you can buy a travel pack that will give you a set amount of data and calls whilst overseas, you can get a monthly package .

if you ring them you can buy the package over the phone  but do not forget to have international roaming activated or you will be in deep shit !

 

as you would expect from TELSTRA the packages are expensive , but they do work well.

 

rob

[40 nil]

Try the new phone app by Norwood its called world phone available on iphone and tomorrow on android

a friends just started using it and mentioned it works well