teacherdl Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 I would really appreciate any knowledge you all can share. For our upcoming cruise (first Royal cruise and only our second cruise ever), my youngest daughter is staying in a Jr. Suite with her grandmother. My husband and I are staying in a central park balcony...on Symphony. Our oldest daughter will not be going. If we purchase VOOM, can we text our oldest daughter back home in Kentucky? Will there be charges from our cell service, or does the voom internet take care of that? Also, how many devices do you usually buy voom for? There will be the three of us, but with my 14 year old in another room, I wasn't sure how that works, and what we should actually buy...one device, two, or all three? My daughter will want to stay up to date on social media and texting friends. All I want is to text my oldest daughter at home and be able to send her pictures. Thanks for any advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 I have Verizon and they have wifi calling and texting but I think i had to activate it on my phone. There is no additional charge. You can only use one device at a time for each device you pay for. You can switch devices but again, you can only use one at a time. teacherdl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew72681 Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 Your best bet is going to be using a non-cellular text messaging programs. iMessage works fine over voom, as do apps like WhatsApp, etc.. 4ensic and teacherdl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew72681 Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 Hit send too fast, on the how many devices, you’ll need it for each device that you think you’ll need to use at one time. If you only have one you’d be kicking your daughter off the voom each time you want to use it. teacherdl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melski94 Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 We buy Voom for everyone with a cell phone so for us that means a 4 device plan. There are too many instances where we separate for a bit only to text "where r u?" You can price out the difference between a 2 and 3 device plan but a 3 device plan is usually only a few dollars more a day over 2 devices. teacherdl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 Buy the Voom multi device plan for as many devices as you will want to be connected at the same time, it doesn't matter what cabin your daughter stays in. You'll want to activate airplane mode then connect to the ship wifi. If you have never used wifi calling on your cell phone at home make sure to set it up and test it at home before sailing. Most US post-paid cell plans include wifi calling, not all pre-paid services do. It depends on your cell phone company. If in doubt talk to your cell company now, well before sailing. You can test wifi calling and wifi texting at home before sailing assuming you have wifi at home. Turn on airplane mode, connect to your home wifi. Try making a call. Try sending a text to your daughter. That is pretty much how a paid Voom plan will work once on the ship. If it doesn't work at home, it won't work on the ship with Voom. By testing it now you have time to troubleshoot any issues you have. Baked Alaska, cobra614, 12thman and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacherdl Posted May 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 23 hours ago, twangster said: Buy the Voom multi device plan for as many devices as you will want to be connected at the same time, it doesn't matter what cabin your daughter stays in. You'll want to activate airplane mode then connect to the ship wifi. If you have never used wifi calling on your cell phone at home make sure to set it up and test it at home before sailing. Most US post-paid cell plans include wifi calling, not all pre-paid services do. It depends on your cell phone company. If in doubt talk to your cell company now, well before sailing. You can test wifi calling and wifi texting at home before sailing assuming you have wifi at home. Turn on airplane mode, connect to your home wifi. Try making a call. Try sending a text to your daughter. That is pretty much how a paid Voom plan will work once on the ship. If it doesn't work at home, it won't work on the ship with Voom. By testing it now you have time to troubleshoot any issues you have. Thank you!... so I buy VOOM, turn on airplane mode, and I should be able to text my daughter at home with no penalties. Correct? (And I did try texting connected only to internet and it worked.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Candyman Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 2 hours ago, teacherdl said: Thank you!... so I buy VOOM, turn on airplane mode, and I should be able to text my daughter at home with no penalties. Correct? (And I did try texting connected only to internet and it worked.) Correct teacherdl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewerJoe Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 16 hours ago, teacherdl said: Thank you!... so I buy VOOM, turn on airplane mode, and I should be able to text my daughter at home with no penalties. Correct? (And I did try texting connected only to internet and it worked.) After turning on airplane mode you will need to enable wifi. This will allow you to access voom (wifi) without allowing your phone to use any of the other mobile services that you would get charged for by your carrier (ex. AT&T, Verizon, etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thman Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 If you're phone has the option to turn off roaming connections you can do that as well. Then if for some reason your phone isn't in airplane mode you don't incur roaming charges in or near a port. teacherdl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2mybugs Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 I would say that if for some reason texting doesn't work on voom, both instant messenger and Skype work well on the wifi. Jane teacherdl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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