Advertorial for Yesim
June 23, 2026 — 10:17am
You’ve just landed after a 15-hour flight from Sydney. Ahead of you are passport-control lines, an unfamiliar airport, tired children and a late-night transfer with your hotel address buried somewhere in an app. All you want is to call a rideshare, message your family and finally get to a shower.
However, your mobile internet is not working, the airport Wi-Fi is overloaded and turning on roaming feels risky because of possible extra charges. Meanwhile, heading to a local SIM-card kiosk means yet another queue, passport checks, confusing tariffs in small print and trying to decipher confusing fine print after a sleepless night.
It is an all-too-familiar scenario for most international travellers, which is why a growing number of Australians are sorting out their connectivity before they even pack their bags. By using eSIM providers, mobile data can be set up through an app at home and activated the moment the plane wheels touch the tarmac.
