Italian Carriers Outside the EU: Vodafone Travel Mondo vs Pay As You Go

On Vodafone Italy mobile plans, a week of data in Albania, the US, Egypt or Turkey costs €19.99 (US$22.79) with Vodafone's Travel Mondo 7 giorni, 5 GB over 7 days. Travel periods of 6 to 8 days used a median of 1.38 GB in Bcengi's 2026 sample. Paying as you go, that trip's 1.38 GB costs $2.32 in the United States at $1.68/GB, metered by the KB (Bcengi's prices are in US dollars). Bcengi is about 10 times cheaper for this trip.

This page is for Vodafone Italy mobile plans, on trips to Albania, the US, Egypt and Turkey. Vodafone says its travel offers are not available to customers on its old IT system. Prices are as listed on Vodafone's website, read October 4, 2026.

What Vodafone charges for data outside the EU

  • Travel Mondo 7 giorni: €19.99 (US$22.79) with Vodafone for 5 GB over 7 days in Albania, the US, Egypt and Turkey.
  • The trip uses 1.38 GB of the 5 GB pack, so nearly three quarters of what you paid for is left unused when it expires.
  • Travel Mondo 30 giorni: €29.99 (US$34.19) with Vodafone for 15 GB over 30 days.
  • Without one of them, Vodafone's Smart Passport 2.0, already active on Vodafone Italy mobile plans, costs €3.99 a day for 500 MB (€6.99 in Egypt), so a week outside Egypt is 7 x €3.99 = €27.93 (US$31.84) with Vodafone. Each day costs the same however little data you use that day.

What a 7-day trip costs: Vodafone Travel Mondo or paying as you go

Paying as you go with Bcengi, a trip costs what its data costs. Each line below is a model for a trip of 6 to 8 days: the median (1.38 GB) and the 90th percentile (6.50 GB) from the usage report, times the country's rate on October 4, 2026.

  • Albania rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.61/GB) costs $2.22 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.61/GB), $10.47. Against Vodafone's Travel Mondo 7 giorni, the median trip is about 10 times cheaper; against Vodafone's Travel Mondo 30 giorni, the 90th percentile trip is about 3.5 times cheaper.
  • United States rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.68/GB) costs $2.32 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.68/GB), $10.92. Against Vodafone's Travel Mondo 7 giorni, the median trip is about 10 times cheaper; against Vodafone's Travel Mondo 30 giorni, the 90th percentile trip is about 3 times cheaper.
  • Egypt rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $2.51/GB) costs $3.46 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $2.51/GB), $16.32. Against Vodafone's Travel Mondo 7 giorni, the median trip is about 6.5 times cheaper; against Vodafone's Travel Mondo 30 giorni, the 90th percentile trip is about 2 times cheaper.
  • Turkey rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.54/GB) costs $2.13 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.54/GB), $10.01. Against Vodafone's Travel Mondo 7 giorni, the median trip is about 11 times cheaper; against Vodafone's Travel Mondo 30 giorni, the 90th percentile trip is about 3.5 times cheaper.

For how bundles and pay as you go compare, see bundles vs pay as you go.

What you get with Bcengi

  • One reusable eSIM: install it once and use it on every trip.
  • A balance that never expires: what one trip does not use is there for the next.
  • No plan to pick: you never guess a size before you travel.
  • Top up any time, by hand or with auto-refill.
  • Your phone number stays on your home SIM for calls and texts; Bcengi is data only.

Vodafone roaming questions

How much is Vodafone Travel Mondo?

Vodafone's Travel Mondo 7 giorni is €19.99 for 5 GB over 7 days and Travel Mondo 30 giorni €29.99 for 15 GB over 30 days, in Albania, the US, Egypt and Turkey.

How do I use a travel eSIM instead of Vodafone roaming?

Install the eSIM before you leave, set it as your data line, and turn data roaming off for your Vodafone line so it does not use data abroad. See turn roaming off on your home line.

How these figures were measured

The usage figures come from Bcengi's 2026 International Mobile Data Usage Report: a stratified random sample of 10,000 travel periods, with usage from January 1 to September 30, 2026. The figures cover every destination in the sample, not one country.

Everyone sampled chose a pay-as-you-go eSIM, so the figures describe those travelers, not all travelers.

Each trip cost on this page is a model, not a bill: the GB a trip used times the per-GB rate on our pricing page on October 4, 2026. Rates can change; the pricing page always has the current ones.

Euro prices are converted to US dollars at the Federal Reserve's rate for September 25, 2026, 1.1400 US dollars per euro.

Updated October 4, 2026. Sources: Vodafone's abroad rates pages; Federal Reserve exchange rates; Bcengi 2026 International Mobile Data Usage Report; Bcengi pricing page.

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