Good Evening,
Hoping to find a reasonably priced travel sim in NZ. We're heading next month and I only just found out their sim prices are crazy expensive! I heard they have a cheap-ish sim that's not available at airport.
I've done a bit of digging around and it seems like the optus $5 / day for 5gb option is no longer available.
Do you guys suggest any other way around this?
Currently on Catch and Wifey is on Boost, rates don't seem that great either.
Thank you for your assistance.
Also interested in this as heading there in June. At this stage i'm probably going to go with an esim. I used Airalo in the uk last year and it work reasonably well. They have a bunch of options depending on how long youre there and your usage. More info here
Good discounts for NZ can also be found here.
https://nztraveltips.com/travel-deals/?fbclid=IwAR1XtKOCqPzv…
SIM offer here: https://nztraveltips.com/skinny-mobile-promo-code/?fbclid=Iw…
Entertainment Book is good value for NZ too…
Thanks for that, I was actually considering getting skinny but not sure how easy it would be to find in Queenstown.
If you dont need to call local number (ie. Data only), this prepaid offer is good value IMO
https://www.optus.com.au/prepaid/plans/add-ons#:~:text=What%….
$20 prepaid data roaming for 14 days.
Side note: you may find prices (food/petrol) in NZ are generally noticeably more expensive than AU.
After doing a bit of research, I did start to notice NZ is quite expensive! I guess Australia is not too far behind though so it doesn't come as a huge shock
$5 for 15GB + unlimited calls/text on Kogan but you will need to order ASAP as their delivery times are very slow and only deliver to NZ addresses (eg. your hotel or Airbnb).
Second this option, works a treat if you have a way of receiving
Depending on your stay length and data usage there are some ok travel eSIMs around, like these guys
If you're after an eSim, I've been using gomoworld - every country is 3.99/19.99 euros for 7/30 days (data varies per location, usually gets you between 10 and 40gb). Have used throughout Europe, UK and US without issue. Fair bit cheaper than Airlo and other travel sims and app is pretty easy to use.
1.3GB/13GB on the 7/30 days options for NZ.
how long are you going for? does either phone take an eSim?
I am going for a week, wifey has e-sim, I don't
Not sure if you still need it, I used Lemon Mobile last snow season when I travelled to NZ. It was a simcard tho, my phone doesn't support esim. Seems they provide esim as well.
https://www.lemonmobile.com.au/products/sim-nz-aus?_pos=2&_p…
I hanged out majority in the mountain areas and connection was quite fast and smooth, thinking cost $2 per day is not bad especially for those remote area.
skinny sim with referral code (gives you bonus data). Also they do free weekend data. Sim available in supermarkets, referral code can be found on blog posts, reddit etc
We didn’t bother, just used the free internet at our accommodation. Screenshot the maps we needed.
https://www.flexiroam.com/shop/esim-new-zealand/?q=/shop/esi…
*Free for 2 weeks if you have a Latitude 28 degrees card, after that, 15% off all plans if using the card.