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Old Aug 13, 2017 | 5:01 pm
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PWMTrav
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Originally Posted by JMN57
Thanks for looking that up. I was going to but you beat me to it. That's probably the easiest way.

I do know that when I am in Italy, I can download certain apps that you can't when you're in the States (for example, immobiliare.it's Android app). I'll try to download it next week when I am there.

Added - just checked them - both tabacchi are post security so they won't do me any good inbound.

I gotta say, I really want to make a business selling euro SIM cards and recharges at US gateway airports. Forget selling FX, you could make a lot selling American tourists SIM cards on this side of the Atlantic.
I haven't been on Android in a bit, but sometimes using a VPN for a local IP + a location spoofer app will work. But it's usually way easier to make a foreign store account, or use an APK downloader on the web. My old Nexus 4 is boot looping, was gonna see if I could grab the APK for you, but no luck there.

One more thing for you to try - the VCE airport map shows that there is a Relay store landside, listed as a kiosk and tobacco shop:

http://www.veniceairport.it/en/at-th...inal-maps.html

I can't remember what Relay looks like, but it's a possibility for you.

I came pretty close to offering loaner SIM cards as part of my travel planning business. I don't do it yet because the SIMs I have are all personal/tied to my codice fiscale, but I plan to eventually. It's such a pain in the butt to maintain these things.
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