I'd like to share a story here about cell phones for use in Spain, or Europe, that might be of some help for some.

The last few times my wife and I have visited Spain, we've rented a global phone for a possible emergency back home. In case something goes wrong in the states, we'd like for someone to be able to contact us. (We've been renting a flat and not a hotel so you can't just ring us up)

We've been renting our phone through Verizon, our cell provider. The Euro phone gets mailed to us a day or 2 before we leave and it's the same phone number as our existing cell.

Well... yesterday we went on line to order it only to discover that the program will end at the end of the month. (Verizon and Vodaphone will no longer be working in conjunction)

So my wife calls Verizon to say WTF. Luckily for us it worked out EVEN BETTER than we could have imagined. I was eligible for a new phone up-grade and the new phone is a global phone. To top it off, with a rebate and my wife's company discount w/Verizon, we got the phone FOR FREE.

The phone rental was about $70.00 plus calls.

Worked out great. We will never have to rent a phone again! We just call Verizon to tell them when we'll be out of the country and that's that.

So the next time you think about upgrading your phones, make sure it's a global phone.

How very convenient. Hope this can help.

P.S
The phone comes with an adapter for other countrys as well