Originally Posted by
davetravels
Anyone who travels out of the country should have a Skype account. You can call USA phone numbers for something like 2.3 cents per minute. They also have a Skype app now, so you can make calls without a computer for the same price, directly from your smart phone app! It's really AMAZING!
Yes, that's a decimal point between the 2 and the 3!
Or Google Voice. Or a phone plan with wifi calling. Or a local SIM with reasonable international rates. Or a calling card.
I can use my US-based phone for free anywhere I have wifi. If I don't have wifi, I've never been unable to find a local SIM (which IMO is necessary for any trip longer than a few days) with rates under 5 cents/minute....my usual UK-based SIM allows calls from almost anywhere in Europe back the US for 1.5p/min.
ETA: Also there is a long list of Intl DL phone numbers here. Calling really is going to be the best solution for something like this. https://www.delta.com/us/en/need-help/overview