Talk:European Union/@comment-2001:56A:7544:700:4533:5111:DA5D:3C99-20180617210644/@comment-24682153-20180618054302

Hello Angelese. That's completely right. You can buy a local UK prepaid SIM Card (known as "pay as you go" here) and use it in all other mentioned countries at domestic UK rates. When you buy a SIM from EE or Vodafone UK you can even include Switzerland into the surcharge-free roaming zone. The same is true to Three UK, but you wont get 4G/LTE outsite the UK with Three. For details and prices check our United Kingdom chapter.

You might not find an automated machine in the airport, but any phone store or high street shop will do as well as some supermarkets like Tesco. They sell the starters for 99p or less. No registration required. Just put it into your phone, top it up and choose a plan.

Be aware that topping up from outside the UK may be harder as many UK providers don't accept credit cards from abroad. After all this is Europe you are travelling :-) So you better get enough credit on your plan using vouchers as long as you are in Britain for the rest of your journey. For 2018 you will be safe with UK SIM cards. 2019 or later the rules for UK SIMs may change again when Britain is going to leave the EU.