Guadeloupe eSIM

An eSIM in Guadeloupe works exactly like a physical SIM card, but is downloaded digitally to your phone instead of inserted as a plastic card. You receive a QR code by email after purchase, scan it from your device's settings, and the eSIM is provisioned in seconds.

Once your plane lands in Guadeloupe (Pointe-à-Pitre / PTP airport), the Ti Porto in Viaggio eSIM connects automatically to local mobile networks , primarily Orange Caraïbe, Digicel and SFR Caraïbe, which together cover the main islands of Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre, Marie-Galante and Les Saintes with 4G/LTE service.

Step-by-step setup

1. Buy your Guadeloupe eSIM on cellesim.com and check out , you'll get the QR code by email within seconds.
2. Before you fly, while still on Wi-Fi, open your phone's Settings → Cellular / Mobile Data → Add eSIM and scan the code.
3. Label the line "Guadeloupe Travel" so you can toggle it easily.
4. On arrival, enable the new line for data, leave your home SIM on for calls/SMS, and you're online.

What you need to know

• Device compatibility: iPhone XS or newer, Google Pixel 3 or newer, most Samsung Galaxy from S20 onwards. Older flagship models in 2018+ also support eSIM.
• Validity timer starts when the eSIM first connects to a Guadeloupe network , not when you buy it. You can install the QR weeks in advance without burning days.
• Network coverage is strong in Pointe-à-Pitre, Basse-Terre, Le Gosier and along main coastal roads; remote rainforest areas around La Soufrière volcano may have intermittent service.

Tip: Guadeloupe is part of France for telecom purposes, so any France or EU-wide eSIM also works here , but a Guadeloupe-specific plan is usually cheaper if you're only visiting the Caribbean.

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Look up your phone’s exact model number with the manufacturer to see if it’s listed as compatible, and make sure your phone is not carrier-locked. Seeing an EID number or an “Add eSIM” option in your settings is a good sign, but some phones have regional restrictions. If you’re not sure, please contact our support team before you buy.

Look up your phone’s exact model number with the manufacturer to see if it’s listed as compatible, and make sure your phone is not carrier-locked. Seeing an EID number or an “Add eSIM” option in your settings is a good sign, but some phones have regional restrictions. If you’re not sure, please contact our support team before you buy.

No. An eSIM can be installed only once, and it locks to the first device it is installed on. It cannot be moved to another phone, re-scanned, or reinstalled afterward, and it is non-refundable once installed. Please install your eSIM on the device you plan to keep using. If you are switching devices and need help, contact our support team.

Yes. With Ti Porto in Viaggio you top up the eSIM you already installed. You do not scan a new QR code, you do not install a second profile, and your phone number setup does not change.

Open the Ti Porto in Viaggio app or your account page, pick a top-up for the eSIM you are using, and the data is added to the same line. The validity period is extended at the same time, so a 7-day plan topped up on day 5 keeps running instead of expiring.

This matters most when you are already travelling: running out of data usually means you have no connection to buy more with. Because the top-up lands on the existing profile, it works as soon as it is processed, without Wi-Fi and without reinstalling anything.

Ti Porto in Viaggio includes a free VPN with every active eSIM. It is not an add-on, a trial, or a paid upgrade: as long as you have an eSIM plan that is still valid, the VPN is available at no extra charge.

This is unusual in the travel eSIM market. Most providers sell data only, and you buy a VPN separately from a VPN company. A few bundle a paid VPN subscription. With Ti Porto in Viaggio the data plan and the VPN come from the same purchase.

It matters because mobile data abroad does not solve everything. Public Wi-Fi in airports and hotels is unencrypted, some services are restricted depending on the country you are connected from, and banking apps behave differently on foreign networks. The VPN covers that part.

Almost always, yes — usually by an order of magnitude. Standard carrier roaming outside your home region is commonly billed per megabyte or as a daily pass of 10-15 USD. A travel eSIM is a prepaid data plan bought at local wholesale rates.

A concrete comparison: a 5 GB / 30-day plan for a single country averages about 28 USD across our catalogue. A daily roaming pass at 10 USD reaches that after three days, and keeps charging.

The exception is regional roaming that your carrier already includes for free — EU-to-EU roaming for EU customers, for example. If your plan covers the country you are visiting at no extra cost, use it. Everywhere else, prepaid data is cheaper.

Less than most guides tell you. Across 278 of our own travel eSIMs, the median customer used 96 MB per day. The average was 158 MB, and even heavy users at the 90th percentile stayed under 350 MB a day.

That means for a one-week trip:

• 1 GB covers a typical traveller — maps, messaging, occasional browsing
• 3 GB is comfortable if you post photos and videos daily
• 5 GB or more only if you stream video or work off mobile data

The common advice of "1 GB per day" reflects home usage on Wi-Fi-free devices, not travel. Most hotels, cafes and airports still give you Wi-Fi for the heavy things. Buy small, and top up if you are wrong — that is cheaper than paying for data you never use.

Buy and install before you fly. Activate after you land. These are two different steps and confusing them is the most common mistake.

Installing writes the profile onto your phone and needs an internet connection — which you have at home and may not have at the airport. Activation happens automatically the first time the eSIM connects to a network at your destination, and that is when the validity period starts counting.

So installing early costs you nothing: a 7-day plan installed three days before departure still gives you 7 full days from the moment you land. Waiting until you arrive means standing in an arrivals hall trying to find Wi-Fi to install a product you already paid for.

A local SIM bought in-country is often cheaper per gigabyte. A travel eSIM is cheaper in total cost for most trips, once you count what the local SIM actually requires.

Buying locally usually means: finding an official store rather than an airport kiosk with tourist pricing, showing your passport for registration (mandatory in many countries), losing your own number while the SIM is in the phone, and spending an hour of a short trip doing it.

A local SIM makes clear sense for stays of a month or more, or if you need a local phone number for deliveries and bookings. For a trip of one to three weeks, the eSIM usually wins on total cost including your time — and you keep your own number active for banking codes.

No. A regional Europe plan works across the whole covered area on one profile. You do not switch anything at the border, and you do not install a second eSIM.

Whether regional is the right choice depends on how many countries you visit. In our catalogue a 5 GB / 30-day regional plan averages about 38 USD, while the same size single-country plan averages about 28 USD. So regional costs roughly a third more.

The rule that follows: one or two countries, buy single-country plans. Three or more, buy regional. Below three countries you pay a premium for coverage you will not use.

Per country is cheaper per plan; regional is cheaper once you cross about three countries.

Measured across our own catalogue, a 5 GB / 30-day plan averages 28 USD for a single country and 38 USD for a regional plan. The regional premium is roughly 37 percent.

So two single-country plans (about 56 USD) already cost more than one regional plan. But you rarely need a full 5 GB in each of two countries — two 1 GB plans would be far cheaper than a 5 GB regional plan. The honest answer is to size the data first, then compare, rather than assuming regional is automatically better value.

The four that catch people out:

• Validity starting at purchase instead of activation. Some providers start the clock when you pay. Check that the period starts on first network connection.
• Throttling after a "fair use" threshold on unlimited plans. Unlimited often means full speed to a cap, then 512 kbps or slower.
• Coverage that excludes part of a region. A plan named after an island or a region may cover only part of it politically or technically.
• Top-ups priced above the original plan. Running out mid-trip can cost more per gigabyte than the first purchase.

None of these appear on the price tag. They are worth checking before buying, whoever you buy from.