Travel & Nomad
International flights land at Terminal 2. Bus 86 to the city costs 50,000 VND on the airport's own fare page, a metered taxi to the Old Quarter about 350,000 VND plus a 17,000 VND toll. SIM or eSIM, cash and the first QR payment, checked 3 November 2026.
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A week of Canadian roaming in the Philippines runs CA$55 to CA$126. A 10 GB travel eSIM on Globe is about CA$22. Here is the maths, and when your carrier is still worth it.
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No data after landing in Manila or Cebu? Work through the line, the data switch, data roaming, the network and the APN in that order. Steps for iPhone and Android, plus Airalo's APN rule.
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Boracay's signal, beach by beach, the Boracay iPass QR you show at the Caticlan jetty, how much data a beach week needs, and how to get around the island and pay without a local bank.
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Your travel eSIM has data but no number, so GCash's six-digit code goes nowhere. Here is the two-line setup that gets it through, the fixes GCash itself lists, and how to pay QR Ph without GCash.
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Telstra, Optus and Vodafone roaming in the Philippines costs AU$35 to AU$70 a week. Here is when a travel eSIM on Globe is the better buy, and when your carrier's AU$5 day is fair value.
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Fizen's Asia eSIM covers the Philippines, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand and 14 more countries. Networks per country, and when one regional plan beats two country plans, with app prices checked 3 November 2026.
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Yes, tourists can get a Globe, Smart or DITO eSIM, with passport registration and a 30-day line. Prices and the catch with registering before you land, checked on the carriers' own pages on 3 November 2026.
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Airalo runs on Smart, Holafly on Globe with unlimited data only, Saily sells fixed plans with a 180-day window. Prices read on 3 November 2026, and where a new Fizen app user pays less.
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Airalo's Philippines eSIM read on 3 November 2026: prices, the Smart network, app ratings and Airmoney, and the six plans where a new Fizen app user pays less, on Globe.
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Saily blocked our price check, so we compare Airalo and Saily on facts we could source and show Airalo against the Fizen app with real prices from 2 November 2026.
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What Airalo itself offers, checked on its help pages on 2 November 2026, and a way for new Fizen app users to save up to 30% per plan without typing a code.