Staying in touch while abroad

[Traveler329]

I am about to go abroad for work and am looking for a cheap way to text from abroad back to my friends in the US? Any suggestions?

 

[PeacefulMe]

try chime, you get assigned a US phone number with your account so you can text to the US for free. And you use your account on the computer -so its great for internet cafes. sign up at Chime Now and they email you log in information and your texting phone number. hope this helps :icon_mrgreen:

 

[Traveler329]

ended up trying chime out and i love it!

 

[Jesse]

I suggest you use an application for phones with internet or built-in internet subscription to send IMs to your friends abroad for free rather than paid sms messaging by local networks.

 

[btK111]

I have a chime account, it workk great for texting to the US Happy Textinggg

 

[PeacefulMe]

Yeah, i was running into the same problem and everyone waas suggesting skype to keep in touch, but i don't have a webcam on my computer so Chime is definitely the best option for me. I wish the welcome site wasn't so sketchy, more people would sign up... but i guess it works more virally than anything else