New Year at Home or Abroad? Mobile Data Without Roaming, 10% Off with FESTAT-RRUGO

The holidays are the busiest time to travel: many people fly to Vienna, Istanbul or Dubai for New Year, and the diaspora comes home from Germany and Switzerland. Either way, the first thing you need when you land is the internet. With an eSIM you have it before you leave the airport, without roaming bills.

Going abroad for New Year

Popular destinations from Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia, with an eSIM link for each:

• Austria (Vienna) and Germany
• Turkey (Istanbul)
• United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
• France, Italy and Switzerland
• Several countries on one trip? A Europe-wide plan covers 30+ countries.

For a week-long city break, 3 GB to 5 GB is usually plenty. Most plans start only when your phone connects at your destination, so you can buy and install it days before you fly.

Coming home for the holidays

Kosovo is not part of EU roaming, so German, Swiss and other European SIM cards often charge a lot for data here. For a short visit, an eSIM for Kosovo works from the moment you land, with no shop visit and no new number. Staying in Albania or North Macedonia too? There are eSIMs for Albania and North Macedonia as well.

Flying into Prishtina, Tirana or Skopje? See getting home for New Year and Prishtina Airport to the city, and find a shared ride home in the RruGO app.

How it works

1. Buy the eSIM on rrugo.com/esim or in the RruGO app, and enter FESTAT-RRUGO in the cart.
2. The QR code arrives straight away, on the screen and by email.
3. Install it at home on Wi-Fi.
4. When you land, choose the eSIM for mobile data and turn on "Data roaming" for it. Your own number stays in the phone for calls and texts.

Does your phone support eSIM?

Most recent phones do: iPhone XR and newer, Samsung Galaxy S20 and newer, and Google Pixel 3 and newer. Dial *#06#: if an EID number shows up, your phone supports eSIM.