phone charges

[Skyline On Fire]

I'm texting someone who's currently on holiday in Cyprus. I'm with Vodafone on a contract, and I'm apparently not paying any extra to text them, surely its 11p like it is to text from Europe back into the UK? Or is it free/included in my text allowance, to text Europe? The website doesn't make any mention of outgoing texts from UK, just of sending back to the UK.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[onona]

No, texting someone who is roaming abroad will not charge you extra, because regardless of where they are, you're texting a UK number. Only the roamer themselves gets hit with roaming charges.

 

[Samphire]

I think it costs them to recieve your text, that was how it used to be.

 

[lawrenceots]

I think it costs them to recieve your text, that was how it used to be.

No it's free to receive texts, just calls are charged.

 

[Skyline On Fire]

No it's free to receive texts, just calls are charged.

That's good to know, she's getting charged the 11p a text it costs from overseas.

Quite pleasantly surprised that I can text overseas and not get charged, I didn't realize that was the case.