Verizon TravelPass vs Pay As You Go

Verizon TravelPass costs $12 a day in 210+ countries, with 5 GB of high-speed data, so 7 days x $12 = $84 for a week abroad. 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 $1.64 in the United Kingdom at $1.19/GB, metered by the KB.

This page compares Verizon TravelPass with paying as you go, for travelers from the United States. Verizon prices are as listed on Verizon's website, read October 2, 2026.

What Verizon TravelPass costs

• Verizon TravelPass is $12 a day in 210+ countries and destinations, with unlimited talk, text and data. Verizon charges only for the days you use your phone abroad.
• Verizon TravelPass gives 5 GB of high-speed data a day, then unlimited data at 3G speeds for the rest of the session.
• A 24-hour Verizon TravelPass session starts automatically when you make or answer a call, send a text or use data in a TravelPass country.
• The Verizon $100 International Monthly Plan has 20 GB of high-speed data, then 3G speeds, unlimited texts and 250 minutes, for one month or renewing each month.

What a 7-day trip costs: the pass or paying as you go

On Verizon TravelPass, 7 days x $12 = $84 for one line, whatever the trip uses.

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 2, 2026.

• United Kingdom rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.19/GB) costs $1.64 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.19/GB), $7.74.
• Italy rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.19/GB) costs $1.64 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.19/GB), $7.74.
• France rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.19/GB) costs $1.64 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.19/GB), $7.74.
• Spain rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.19/GB) costs $1.64 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.19/GB), $7.74.
• Germany rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.19/GB) costs $1.64 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.19/GB), $7.74.
• Japan rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $2.82/GB) costs $3.89 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $2.82/GB), $18.33.
• Greece rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.19/GB) costs $1.64 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.19/GB), $7.74.
• Ireland rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.19/GB) costs $1.64 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.19/GB), $7.74.
• Portugal rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.19/GB) costs $1.64 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.19/GB), $7.74.
• Netherlands rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.19/GB) costs $1.64 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.19/GB), $7.74.
• Dominican Republic rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $4.86/GB) costs $6.71 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $4.86/GB), $31.59.
• South Korea rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.81/GB) costs $2.50 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.81/GB), $11.77.
• Thailand rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.81/GB) costs $2.50 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.81/GB), $11.77.
• 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.
• Australia rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $1.58/GB) costs $2.18 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $1.58/GB), $10.27.
• China 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.
• India rates: a median 7-day trip (1.38 GB at $3.07/GB) costs $4.24 with Bcengi; at the 90th percentile (6.50 GB at $3.07/GB), $19.96.

In every destination listed, even a 7-day trip at the 90th percentile costs less paying as you go than the $84 the pass costs for the week.

• Americans' median travel period used 1.97 GB.
• Travel periods of 6 to 8 days used a median of 1.38 GB; 90% used less than 6.50 GB.

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

What the pass includes that a data eSIM does not

Verizon TravelPass includes talk and text on your number. Bcengi is data only: your number stays on your Verizon line, and apps like WhatsApp and FaceTime call over the eSIM's data.

Verizon international questions

Can I use my phone internationally if I have Verizon?

Yes. Verizon's TravelPass is $12 a day, and Verizon's International Monthly Plan is $100 a month. Without either, Verizon charges pay as you go rates per minute, per text and per MB.

Does the Verizon international plan turn on automatically?

A 24-hour Verizon TravelPass session starts automatically when you use your phone in a TravelPass country, and two hours after it starts, Verizon texts you the time it ends. Verizon adds TravelPass automatically on Unlimited Plus and Unlimited Welcome.

What are the details of the Verizon $100 International Monthly plan?

Verizon's $100 International Monthly Plan has 20 GB of high-speed data, then unlimited data at 3G speeds, unlimited texts and 250 minutes. Verizon says it suits trips of 9 days or longer, as a 1 month plan or renewing each month.

What Verizon plan do I need for international travel?

Verizon adds TravelPass to Unlimited Plus and Unlimited Welcome. Verizon Unlimited Ultimate includes international data, talk and text, so TravelPass can't be added to it. We did not compare Verizon's plans with each other.

How do I turn on Verizon TravelPass?

Add it on your international page in My Verizon, or text TRAVEL to 4004 from your Verizon line. To use Verizon TravelPass, cellular data or data roaming must be on.

How much does it cost to add an international plan to Verizon?

Verizon TravelPass is $12 a day. The Verizon International Monthly Plan is $100 a month.

How do I use my Verizon phone abroad without TravelPass charges?

A Verizon TravelPass session starts when you call, text or use data in a TravelPass country. To use a data eSIM instead, install it at home, set it as your data line, and turn data roaming off for your Verizon line. See turn roaming off on your home line. Calls and texts on your Verizon number still start a session.

What is the cheapest way to use your phone internationally?

For data, paying only for what you use. A median 7-day trip's 1.38 GB is $1.64 with Bcengi in the United Kingdom at $1.19/GB.

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 2, 2026. Rates can change; the pricing page always has the current ones.

Updated October 2, 2026. Sources: Verizon international travel page and Verizon TravelPass FAQs; Bcengi 2026 International Mobile Data Usage Report; Bcengi pricing page.