In article me.nl,
lid says...
Alfred Molon wrote:
[...]

If you need to make a lot of phone calls back to the UK, the best is if
you use Skype (bring a netbook or another cheap and light notebook with
you).

And how would that help?

Many hotels now offer free WLAN access in the room.

You still need an Internet connection. That Internet connection is
either non-mobile (i.e. Internet-cafe, wireless hotspot, etc.) or mobile
(i.e. via a mobile phone/modem). If non-mobile, then you might as well
use a normal (non-mobile) phone and a pre-paid calling card.

No idea how much prepaid billing cards cost, but Skype calls to Europe
cost 2 cents/minute. Hard to beat that.

Since you will need Internet access when travelling for emails and other
stuff in any case, it would seem logical to use skype or other VOIP
providers.

A callback scheme may be cheaper.

Cheaper than 2 cent / minute?
--

Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe