Result from Interview for resort job..

Congrats on the job! It will be hard work but well worth it.

I would recomend you getting a sim card for your phone once you are out there. I went travelling last year and had both my UK and a sim card from whatever country I was in with me. Whilst it was a pain the reason being so that everyone back home could text me on my UK mobile and it doesn't cost them anymore than usual but I replied on the foreign sim card which was much cheaper for me.

The other thing for you, if you are taking a laptop or netbook, is to get Skype. Skype is the best invention for staying in contact when travelling. You can either make calls home for £0.01per min or (if you set it up) you can send texts for £0.08 and it shows your own mobile number. It will make life cheaper for your GF too...! :lol:

I'm so pleased for you...Well done!

As for skype, I shall be relying on that for my calls back home. There is a skype app for the iphone...Although I haven't tried it yet!

It only works with a wifi connection and even then not very well in my experience!!

There is now a local (to the country you are in) phone number that you can call and then connect to the UK through skype so all you are paying for is the local call and I assume the nominal Skype charge. This is a new feature though and I haven't looked into how it works I will confess!

Can't help you on the iphone app but have to say that so long as you have a reasonable wifi connection I found skype works great through a laptop.

As much as the Skype idea sounds really good and all, but as Tino pointed out - it does have its drawbacks with not working very well for some people.

I've settled more for the MSN + Webcam option, MSN is very reliable and gives the same experience at the end of the day.. and it's entirely free.. Win win really!

Let's just hope the hotel has wifi.. If not, then i'll be looking into these internet anywhere contracts from the phone companies! Only like £5/month which seems reasonable - provided it actually works in Austria!

If you get MSN working then Skype will work to and it if you have a webcam you can actually talk and see the person which, in my opinion, is preferable to typing a conversation....

I have to say that I used Skype in 18 different countries last year and only had problems on a handful of occasions.

We use Skype to talk to our son in America and its never been a problem, except when running things in the background on the computer or if the webcam is playing up.
If you are using msn messenger, you might as well use Skype as its a better screen etc.

Skype on the computer is fine, I use it a lot. On the iPhone however is a different story alltogether.