| A dark stormy night flushes the ancient city | | | | enter a 1-800 number, so the call isn't routed |
| streets with falling rain and strong winds, and as | | | | through any other provider, again protecting the |
| you strain to find cover along the soaked | | | | minutes that you have paid for. The rate for the |
| thoroughfare of the Champs Elysees, you notice | | | | minutes you pre-pay for doesn't change either. |
| a red phone booth. A taxi would be a sure ticket | | | | (Unlike a postage stamp that you pre-pay for and |
| out of the extreme weather, so you dart inside, | | | | find that the value is lower when the rates |
| confident that the change you received earlier at | | | | change or worthless when you're overseas.) Ideal |
| the patisserie will be enough to call a cab. Upon | | | | for calling to or from another international city, |
| entering the phone booth, you notice there is not | | | | these international calling cards can be purchased |
| a single slot for coins, but there is a slide where | | | | in the United States and make it possible to call |
| you can insert a calling card. Traveling overseas is | | | | foreign countries at the prepaid rates. Having a |
| a wonderful experience, but at times, as you | | | | prepaid rate can save a lot of money as many |
| need assistance, an international calling card is the | | | | long distance international rates can be very |
| best way to get help. Tourists sometimes feel | | | | expensive through a standard long distance carrier |
| that an international phone card might be a scam | | | | plan. So whether you actually get the chance to |
| and that the minutes won't actually work when | | | | run with the bulls in Spain, and you want to brag |
| calling overseas or elsewhere. But, international | | | | about it to your brother-in-law, or if your best |
| phone cards work differently than most people | | | | friend is spending a semester abroad, and you |
| think. Purchasing an international phone card | | | | want to stay connected or if you need to make |
| means you pre-purchase the card based on a | | | | any kind of international call, an international phone |
| number of minutes. So, you are guaranteed those | | | | card is the ideal, convenient method to give you |
| minutes in advance. When you make the call, you | | | | guaranteed minutes at a reasonable rate. |