Travel tips, eSIM guides, and destination insights to keep you connected on every journey.
Travel TipsGoogle Maps works abroad with cellular data from a travel eSIM, roaming, or a local SIM. Without data, only pre-downloaded offline maps work, and they skip live traffic, transit schedules, and business search. Here is how to set up both.
Travel TipsFree Wi-Fi in Japan is real but patchy and registration-heavy, so a travel eSIM installed before departure is the simplest way to have continuous data from the moment you land. Here is how the real options compare, what free Wi-Fi actually covers, and how much data a typical trip needs.