Calling UK from Las Vegas - What is the cheapest way?

Hi

I am going to Las Vegas with a friend in a weeks time, staying at Excalibur Hotel.

Last time I was in Vegas, I mounted up a massive phone bill at the Excalibur by phoning my girlfriend back in the UK on the hotel room phone (stupid I know - too many free drinks at the Blackjack table!).

Trying to plan ahead this time, so was wondering if anybody could advise on the best/cheapest way of phoning UK from Vegas?

Excalibur Hotel charges $1/day for local phone calls.

What is a local number in Las Vegas - is it a number that begins with +1 702 ?

I was wondering if there were any US phone cards that enabled you to call a UK number via a local Nevada number - and can see ecallchina sells one.)

I would really appreciate any assistance from someone that has experience in doing this - don%26#39;t want to get ripped off buying a phonecard that doesn%26#39;t work.

Thanks

Calling UK from Las Vegas - What is the cheapest way?

I abandon my SO and 9 year old son once a year so have to phone home every day.

I used to buy the AT%26amp;T card in walmart I think the $10 dollar card lasted two trips, I would presume these are readily available elsewhere so you probably don%26#39;t need to slog out there especially for the card. You only pay the dollar to the hotel for the local call and then put in a code and the international number you want, it is very simple. Now we have free international calls via Orange broadband so I phone them once and they phone me every morning (after school for my boy).

Hope this helps

Katy

Calling UK from Las Vegas - What is the cheapest way?

The cheapest way we have found phoning home from america is buy opening an account with the following

online phonecard company Redstones in association with Virgin

callingcardsonline.co.uk/virginIntTraveller/鈥?/a>

Basically you simply use a debit card or credit card to open an account from a minimum of 拢10. They send you an email with an account number and a numerical password.....along with a list of numbers you have to phone depending on what country you are travelling to. To make a call you simply dial the number based in america, punch in your account number (it tells you your remainding balance) then you ring the uk number. If you want to make sure you always have credit you can actually choose when setting up your account for the company to add 拢10 to your account if you get down to 拢5. (dont take all the paperwork just get a piece of card and write the relevant bits on it and keep in your wallet...if you lose it all u will have to do is access ur email somewhere and right it down again)

It really is the cheapest option we have used and when we were in vegas in january we phoned home loads and got nowhere near to using our 拢30. We will be using this account in fuerteventura this summer and vegas in september.

I know some hotels wont let you use a phonecard system but I do know we used the pay phones in excalibur and planet hollywood along with the payphones outside the CVS

Hope this helps

Go to CVS and buy a phone card there, they do sell them in airports in the US but they are more expensive in airports. All you do then is use the telephone in your room, the number you are calling (on the back of the phone card) will be a toll free number. Ask at the front desk of the hotel what to dial on the room phone if you want to call a toll free number. Then, just follow the directions on the back of the phone card, easy.

When calling the UK, 011 44 and then take off the zero at the beginning of the number you are calling.

My code used to be 0208...take off the first zero.

Just make sure your hotel doesn%26#39;t charge you for using a calling card or toll-free number--some of them add a surcharge to those calls. If that%26#39;s the case, a payphone in the lobby with a calling card, while not very private, would be your cheapest option.

was just wondering if these cards can be used to call a cell phone too as we will be calling both while we are in vegas, or is there a seperate card that is best for cells.

thanks

Have to agree the CVS card lasts for ages whether yon call landlines or mobiles,I take it back each year and top it up and it works fine.