abby32 Posted August 19, 2012 #1 Share Posted August 19, 2012 can you use US (ie: AT&T) calling cards in the Carribean (and are there payphones available)? (ie: St Thomas or St Maartan?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klfrodo Posted August 19, 2012 #2 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Be very cautious when getting these. Most all cards you buy locally are for calling FROM the US, not TO the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted August 20, 2012 #3 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Pre-paid US calling cards are good in the US, so they are good in St. Thomas, but not St. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pineinn Posted August 20, 2012 #4 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Be very cautious when getting these. Most all cards you buy locally are for calling FROM the US, not TO the US. If you call the # on the back of the card or go to their web site you can see what countries honor the card. Also, there is a series of numbers you need to use that is different in each country. On the card I have (I think AT&T), Cancun and Cayman yes, but Jamaica no. I am going on my first cruise, I was also wondering about the availablity of pay phones in the Western Caribbean. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted August 20, 2012 #5 Share Posted August 20, 2012 It's really best to buy the card where you want to use it....they are available in almost every port...there is a store of some sort very close by that will sell them. You can use them at the payphones in the port area (or any other pay phone location). You cannot use them on the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted August 20, 2012 #6 Share Posted August 20, 2012 It is very difficult to find a place to make a calling card call in the Caribbean. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted August 20, 2012 #7 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Welcome to Cruise Critic. I wouldn't buy them. Most people now use cell phones, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted August 20, 2012 #8 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I can't help with your calling cards as we hear of them infrequently these days. There used to be lots of pay phones in most of the Caribbean ports and crew would rush to use them. Now we see far less phones and hardly any crew using them. They have all the electronic toys the rest of us have. I call from San Juan and St. Thomas at no extra or roaming charges on my regular AT & T plan. It's just the usual minutes from those locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymbomb Posted August 20, 2012 #9 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I can't help with your calling cards as we hear of them infrequently these days. There used to be lots of pay phones in most of the Caribbean ports and crew would rush to use them. Now we see far less phones and hardly any crew using them. They have all the electronic toys the rest of us have. I call from San Juan and St. Thomas at no extra or roaming charges on my regular AT & T plan. It's just the usual minutes from those locations. Check with your cell phone carrier about this -- when I traveled to San Juan and St Thomas earlier this year text messages were free, but phone calls were not on Verizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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