Videotron Daily Traveller Pass Debuts: $6/Day U.S. ‘Roam Like Home’ Option

Videotron has launched Daily Traveller Pass, the Montreal-based carrier’s version of something like Rogers’ Roam Like Home, where customers can roam in the U.S. or internationally, using their own mobile plan details.

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The carrier says the new offering “makes roaming charge shock a thing of the past.” Here’s what’s available for customers, so they “can use their mobile device abroad just as if they were home”:

  • $6 per day U.S. roaming
  • $10 per day International roaming (to 100+ countries)
Videotron says Daily Traveller Pass charges are valid for 24 hours. Once you opt-in to the service, charges start once you make or answer calls, send an SMS/MMS, or use data. On days you don’t use any service (SMS, voice, data), you won’t be charged. Excess data usage will be charged according to your regular Videotron plan.
Here is the list of international roaming destinations:
ALBANIA, ANGUILLA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ARUBA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJANI REPUBLIC, BAHAMAS, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELGIUM, BERMUDA, BRAZIL, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CAYMAN ISLANDS, CAMBODIA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, DOMINICA, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, ESTONIA, FAROE ISLANDS, FIJI, FINLAND, FRANCE, FRENCH GUIANA, FRENCH POLYNESIA, GERMANY, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, GRENADA, GREENLAND (DENMARK), GUADELOUPE, GUATEMALA, GUERNSEY, GUYANA, HAITI, HONDURAS, HONG KONG, CHINA, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JERSEY, KAZAKSTAN, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, LAO, LATVIA, LIECHTENSTEIN, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MALAYSIA, MALTA, MARTINIQUE, MEXICO, MONACO, MONTSERRAT, MOROCCO, NEW ZEALAND, NETHERLANDS, NICARAGUA, NORWAY, PANAMA, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR (STATE OF), ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, SAN MARINO, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAK REPUBLIC, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, SPAIN, SURINAME, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, CHINA, TAJIKISTAN, THAILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TURK AND CAICOS ISLANDS, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, URUGUAY, VATICAN CITY STATE
The timing of the announcement is to make Daily Traveller Pass available just before the Spring Break travel period.

Customers will be able to track data usage in real-time via User Centre, plus the new User Centre+ iOS app, so they can “breathe easy”.

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