Local network.
Local number.
Most Taro eSIMs come with a local number for calls and SMS — so the driver, the front desk and the clinic can reach you.
Lower latency.
Safer network path.
No international roaming chain means less network exposure.
Personal number privacy.
The local eSIM number protects your personal number from exposure.
Pick a flavour.
Filter by what the number has to do — not by marketing copy.
United Kingdom
UK + Europe
China + UK
USA, Canada & Mexico
Guam & Saipan
Nothing matches that filter yet — try another region.
Just need data?
Go local.
A local eSIM on the destination's own carrier — not roaming. No phone number, so it costs less. For trips where maps, messaging apps and hotspot are all you need.
- ✓Mobile data
- ✓Local number
- ✓Calls & SMS
- ✓Mobile data
- ✓Local carrier, no roaming
- ✕No number
Data only keeps your apps online. A number keeps you reachable.
- ✕No number included
- ✕Nothing locals can dial
- ✕Calls never ring the eSIM
- ✕No SMS through the eSIM
- !Anyone who needs to call you gets your personal number
- ✓A local number for the trip
- ✓A number locals can dial
- ✓Incoming calls on number plans
- ✓SMS on SMS-enabled plans
- ✓Nobody sees your personal number
Purchase details stay confidential.
Your order information is never handed to the businesses you deal with abroad.
They get the travel number.
Give it to the front desk, a driver or a clinic. Your personal number never enters the chain.
The number expires with the plan.
Later calls no longer reach you — nothing to cancel, nothing left behind.
A shorter path.
Less waiting.
Most Taro plans ride a network in the destination instead of tunnelling back through your home carrier.
Median roaming handshake penalty in a European study — 230 ms roaming vs 170 ms local.
International roaming hops on a local plan — fewer handoffs, less network exposure.
Three steps, one payment.
Capabilities are shown before you pay, not after.
Within five minutes of payment, QR code included.
Data for apps, the local number for everyone else.
Look for “Add eSIM” in settings — or dial *#06# and check for an EID.
Confirm the phone is carrier-unlocked. Only your original carrier can unlock it.
Mainland-China iPhones often ship without eSIM — ask us before you buy.
Does every plan include a number?
Most do — those come with a local number that can receive ordinary calls, and each card shows what else works. Plans in the Local data zone are data only, with no number.
When does the plan start?
Most plans start on install or first connection. A few start when we email the eSIM; the plan page says which before you pay.
How fast does the eSIM arrive?
By email, usually within five minutes of payment — with the QR code and install steps.
What happens when the days run out?
The travel number expires with the plan. Later calls to it no longer reach you, and your personal number was never exposed.