Trip Report: 4 Month Roadtrip Across The USA (incl. route map, expense report, summary, highlights, & recommendations/learnings)

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1) If you’re staying 3 months in the US (which is the max amount of visa-free time most other developed countries get), get a phone plan with Mint Mobile for your time there. Their prices are super cheap and their service is great. Unfortunately though, their plans only come in 3-month, 6-month, or 12-month increments, no month-to-month options, so if you’re staying fewer than 3 months, use the Prepaid SIM Card Wiki for the US to figure out what plan is best for you or simply get an eSIM data plan from esimdb.com if your phone supports it (and use a free virtual number app like TextFree to make calls & send texts). However, if you’re staying 4-5 months, you can do what I did and get a 3-month Mint Mobile plan, then get an eSIM data plan for the extra month(s). And if you’re staying a full 6 months, just get the 6-month Mint Mobile plan.

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Phone Plan: I got the unlimited plan (up to 35GB high speed data + unlimited calls & texts) from Mint Mobile for the first 3 months and then got a 30GB eSIM data plan that I found using esimdb.com for the final month since my phone supports eSIMs (no calls or texts with this plan though, I relied on a virtual number using TextFree to make calls if I needed to + used Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp to message people).

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